German: metonymic occupational name for a gristmiller, from
Middle High German grütze ‘grits’.German: from a Slavic
form of the personal name Christian, possibly from Czech
Kríž (see Kriz).German: from a dialect
variant of Kreutz.Jewish (from Ukraine): nickname or
occupational nickname for a wool carder or barber, from Yiddish
krits ‘scratch’. Compare Kratzer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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