Crone Family History
Crone Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cróin ‘descendant of Crón’ a name from crón ‘swarthy’. Compare Cronin . English: nickname from Middle English cron(e) ‘crane’ Old English cran cron probably denoting someone with long legs. Compare Crane . Scottish: shortened form McCrone . German and Dutch: variant of Krone and in North America (also) an altered form of this. This surname is also found in France (Lorraine) where it is mainly spelled Crône.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022