Rosenkranz Family History

German and Danish: from Middle Low German rōsenkranz ‘wreath rosary’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a wreath or rosary maker or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a wreath or in a place called with this word.

This surname is also found in the Netherlands (see Rosenkrans) where it is very rare.

See also Rosenkrantz.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German surname (see 1 above) or an artificial name from the German word Rosenkranz ‘wreath’.