Given name & surname

Krieger

Krieger is a surname from German. It is used in German.

Original GermanKrieg

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Krieger comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German -er, built from German Krieg + er.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Krieger’s family of names

In German usage, Krieger has a later derivative in CREGAR. In German usage, Krieger as a surname has a related form in KRIEG. In German usage, Krieger has a later derivative in CREGER.

Walk Krieger’s family in the name graph

KriegerKrigerKriegKruegerKrugKrierKroegerKrügerKrögerKriikkulaCregarKriegers

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

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Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 3

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

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