The kraft Surname
kraft Name Meaning and History
German (also Kräft), Danish, Swedish, and Jewish
(Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong man, from Old High German
kraft, German Kraft ‘strength’, ‘power’. The Swedish
name probably originated as a soldier’s name. In part the German and
Danish names possibly also derive from a late survival of the same
word used as a byname, Old High German Chraft(o), Old Norse
Kraptr.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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