Americanized spelling of German Kriegler, a nickname for a
quarrelsome person, from an agent derivative of Middle High German
kriegen ‘to quarrel’, ‘to dispute’, or an occupational name for
an innkeeper or potter, a variant of Krüger (see
Krueger).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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