Cron Family History
Cron Name Meaning
Scottish (Dumfriesshire and Cumberland): variant of Crone . German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Kron and in North America (also) an altered form of this. The surname Cron is also found in France (Alsace). French (western): probably from crone a regional word denoting a water hole hence a nickname for someone who fishes in the water holes. French (northern): nickname for a hunchback from Old Picard cron ‘curved bent’. Breton (also Le Cron): nickname for a rotund man from kronn ‘round(ed)’. Americanized form of Swedish Kron .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022