Kryger Family History
Kryger Name Meaning
Polish: from German Krieger and Krueger . Jewish (Ashkenazic): Polish-influenced variant of Krieger and Krueger . Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Krijger an occupational name from Middle Dutch criger ‘warrior soldier’. Compare Kriger . Danish Norwegian (of Danish origin) and Swedish: from German Krueger ‘innkeeper’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press