The kreiter Surname
kreiter Name Meaning and History
- German: from Middle Low German kreter ‘quarreler’, ‘argumentative person’, ‘legal counsel’, a derivative of Middle Low German krete ‘discord’, hence a nickname for a quarrelsome person or an occupational name for a legal representative.
- German: variant of Kreider.
- Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a seller of herbs, from Yiddish krayter ‘herbs’ (see Kraut).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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