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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch : nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krol ‘curly’, Middle Low German krulle ‘ringlet’, ‘curl’, Middle Dutch croel, crul (apparently a loanword from German).
  • German and Polish : variant of Krol.
  • German : (also Kröll): from the Germanic personal name Rollo, based on hrōd ‘renown’, ‘victory’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Krol.

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