Crisp Family History
Crisp Name Meaning
English: nickname for a man with curly hair, from Middle
English crisp, Old English crisp, cryps (Latin
crispus), reinforced in Middle English by an Old French word
also from Latin crispus.Americanized spelling of
the German cognate Krisp, from Middle High German krisp,
krispel ‘curly-haired man’.Americanized form of German
Krisp, from a short form the medieval personal name
Krispin (see Crispin).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Crisp Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Crisp families
 431 - 860  144 - 430 |
 1 - 143  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Crisp families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Crisp Family Origin
Crisp Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Crisp Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Crisp
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