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.Americanized spelling of
the German cognate Krisp, from Middle High German krisp,
krispel ‘curly-haired man’.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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