Krizan Family History

Croatian (Križan): from an old personal name derived from križ ‘cross’ or from a short form of the name Kristofor (see Christopher) or Kristijan (see Christian).

Slovenian (Križan): topographic name or nickname derived from križ ‘cross’ (see Kriz) or a habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Križ named with the same word. It may also be from an old vernacular form of the personal name Kristjan (see Christian compare Krizman).

Czech (Křižan): habitational name for someone from a place called Křižany named with kříž ‘cross’.

Americanized form of Hungarian Krizsán: from the personal name Krizsán an old Hungarian equivalent of Christian.