Croft Family History
Croft Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places for example in Lincolnshire Lancashire Herefordshire and North Yorkshire all named with Old English croft ‘small arable enclosure (normally adjoining a house)’ or a topographic name for someone who lived by a croft from Middle English croft. English: possibly in some cases a variant of Craft Americanized form of German Danish Swedish or Jewish Kraft . Compare Kroft and Craft .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022