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crisp Name Meaning and History

  1. English: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle English crisp, Old English crisp, cryps (Latin crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word also from Latin crispus.
  2. Americanized spelling of the German cognate Krisp, from Middle High German krisp, krispel ‘curly-haired man’.
  3. Americanized form of German Krisp, from a short form the medieval personal name Krispin (see Crispin).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of crisp Families in the US in 1920
Number of crisp families
 112-221
 38-111		 1-37
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Needing help with info on David Crisp notafakeblond 0
Looking for Relatives of Lena Crisp UK Reginald Elton Tipton 2
Rice Crisp MichelleLynn991 12
looking for my grandfather's dad or grandfather nicoledmedina 3
Elmira Crisp Donalyn1954 1
Robert Crisp, son of John W. and Martha Archibald Crisp jrich75 4
Family Research Joan Graham 1
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The Crisp Family in Suffolk England notafakeblond 0
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