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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : probably a variant spelling of Creech.
  • Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Krieg or Krietsch, from Slavic kric ‘crier’, hence an occupational name for a town crier or a nickname for a habitual shouter.

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