Given name & surname

Cribb

“crib, manger”

Cribb is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Cribb goes back to Old English cribb, meaning “crib, manger.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Cribb comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English cribb (“crib, manger”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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

Old English

Creswick

“cress”

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Old English

Cranswick

“crane”

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Old English

Cliffe

“from the town near the cliff”

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Old English

Crist

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Old English

Cranfield

“crane”

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German

Cropley

“swelling, mound”

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Old English

Croston

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

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Old English

Crossland

“cross”

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Sibling ideas

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