Kruck Family History
Kruck Name Meaning
German (also Krück): nickname for someone who used a crutch or walking stick Middle High German krucke krücke. German (also Krück): topographic name for someone who lived by a field named with Middle Low German krucke ‘crooked piece of wood crutch crosier’. German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of jugs from Low German Kruke ‘jug’. Altered form of Polish and Jewish Kruk .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022