Crow Family History

Irish Manx and English: variant of Crowe. Native American: translation into English (and shortening) of a personal name based on a word such as Lakota or Dakota Sioux kaŋgi meaning ‘crow’. The cultural significance of the crow to Native Americans is reflected in their traditional personal names.

Some of these names were adopted as surnames (translated into English), e.g. Big Crow (see Bigcrow) and Two Crow (see Twocrow).

See also Bird.