Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Family name origins & meanings Americanized spelling of German Krispel, a variant of Krisp (see Crisp).Variant of French Crespel (‘curly-haired’), an older form of Crépel (see Creppel).A Huguenot family from French Flanders bore this name (also in the forms Crépel and Crespel). They settled in Esopus, NY.