Krick

Etymology

This surname is usually treated as a variant of Crick or Cricke, and older surname writers connected it with Welsh crick, meaning a curl or something bent. On that reading, it began as a nickname for a person with a curly head of hair or perhaps a crooked feature, though some bearers may instead descend from a place-name. The spelling with K is a later variant form rather than a separate root.

History

The name appears in English records in forms clustered around Crick and related spellings, and Krick is a straightforward spelling variant. Such surnames often became fixed in the Middle Ages and later shifted in spelling as clerks wrote names phonetically. In modern times Krick is relatively uncommon but established in English-speaking countries, especially the United States.

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Fun fact

Older etymologists sometimes glossed the root as meaning a 'curl-pate,' showing how many surnames began as vivid nicknames.

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