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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German (Krüer) : occupational name for a herb or vegetable dealer or a maker of herbal medicines, from a contracted form of Low German Krüder, an agent noun from Middle Low German krut ‘green plant’, ‘(medicinal) herb’, ‘spice’.
  • North German (Krüer) : from an old personal name denoting ‘fame’, ‘victory’.

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