Kritzman Family History
Kritzman Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kritzmann: topographic name for someone living near a cross (see Kreutzer ). Americanized form of German Kritzmann and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname: occupational name for a gristmiller from Middle High German grütze Yiddish grits ‘grits’ + Middle High German Yiddish man (German Mann) ‘man’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): elaborated form of Kritz . Compare Krizman
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022