Kropp Family History
Kropp Name Meaning
German and Dutch: nickname for a person with a conspicuous crop due to goiter from Middle High German kropf ‘gizzard goiter’ Middle Dutch crop ‘crop gizzard maw’. North German: from Middle Low German krūp ‘small farm animals’; possibly a nickname for a small farmer. German: nickname for a man of short stature a cripple or a midget from Middle Low German krop ‘torso’. German: habitational name from a place called Kropp in Schleswig.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022