Surname

Crawshaw

“crow”

Crawshaw is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Crawshaw goes back to Old English crāwe, meaning “crow.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Crawshaw comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English crāwe (“crow”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Crawshaw’s family of names

In English usage, Crawshaw as a surname has a related form in Crashaw.

Walk Crawshaw’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Crawshaw, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Cranswick

“crane”

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Old English

Cranfield

“crane”

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Old English

Redshaw

“red”

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Old English

Bagshaw

“badger” · “copse, thicket”

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Old English

Henshaw

“corner, angle, nook”

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Old English

Crossland

“cross”

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Old English

Croston

Croston is a surname from Old Norse, ultimately from Old English.

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Old English

Creswick

“cress”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Crawshaw’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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