Given name & surname · also Danish
Croft
“device”
Croft is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Croft goes back to Old English cræft, meaning “device.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Croft comes from Danish, and ultimately from Old English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Croft’s family of names
In English usage, Croft as a surname has a related form in CRAFT.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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Croston
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“nook”
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“swelling, mound”
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“ash tree”
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“cross”
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Holcroft
“hollow place”
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“cock, rooster”
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