English and Scottish (Galloway): nickname for someone who
affected a particular hairstyle, from Middle English croket
‘large curl’ (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of
croque ‘curl’, ‘hook’).
Scottish: Anglicized form of
Gaelic Mac Riocaird ‘son of Richard’ (see Richard).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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