The crane Surname
crane Name Meaning and History
- English: nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.
- Dutch: variant spelling of Krane.
- English translation of German Krahn or Kranich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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