English: from Middle English crow, Old English
crawa, applied as a nickname for someone with dark hair or a
dark complexion or for someone thought to resemble the bird in some
other way.
Irish (Munster): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac
Conchradha (see McEnroe).
Irish: translation of any of
various Gaelic names derived from fiach ‘raven’, ‘crow’ (see
Fee).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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