Given name & surname · also German

Krabbe

Krabbe is a surname from German, ultimately from Danish. It is used in English and German.

Original GermanKrabb

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Krabbe comes from German, and ultimately from Danish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Danish Krabbe.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Krabbe’s family of names

In German usage, Krabbe as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form KRAB. In English usage, Krabbe as a surname has a related form in CRABB. In German usage, Krabbe as a surname has a related form in GRABBE.

Walk Krabbe’s family in the name graph

KrabbeCrabbKrabbGrabbeKrab

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Krabbe has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Danish roots to each of them.

GermanDanish

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 3

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

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

German

Krane

Krane is a surname from German.

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Danish

Kragh

Kragh is a surname from Danish. It is used in Icelandic.

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Danish

Kraft

“strength, power”

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German

Kraatz

Kraatz is a surname from German.

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German

Kriete

Kriete is a surname from German.

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German

Krienke

Krienke is a surname from German.

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Danish

Krebs

“crab”

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Danish

Krog

“pub, inn”

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Sibling ideas

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

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