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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Probably of German origin : variant of Kreske, from an old personal name formed with Old High German grātag ‘greedy’.
  • Probably of German origin : variant of Kresse.
  • Probably of German origin : altered spelling of Grazke, a topographic name, from the Slavic stem grad ‘castle’, ‘town’.

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