Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish; Ukrainian (Krajnyk); Czech and Slovak (Krajník); and Slovenian : topographic name for someone who lived on the edge of a village, from Slavic krajny, an adjectival derivative of kraj ‘end’, ‘border’.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe