Kruk Family History
Kruk Name Meaning
Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname (Polish) or artificial name (Jewish) from Polish kruk ‘raven’. Dutch: nickname for someone who used a crutch or walking stick Middle Dutch crucke cricke. Dutch (Van der Kruk): topographic name for someone who lived by a field named with Middle Dutch cruck ‘crooked piece of wood crutch crosier’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022