Origin and popularity of the name CRANE

Origin

Crane : 1: English: nickname most likely for a tall thin man with long legs from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird) Old English cran cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.2: Manx: see Craine.3: Dutch: variant of Krane ‘crane’.4: Americanized form (translation into English) of German Krahn or Kranich.

Craner : 1: English (Warwickshire): perhaps an agent derivative of Middle English crane ‘machine for lifting’ hence an occupational name denoting a crane-operator although this use of craner is not recorded until the 19th century. The surname does not occur in English records before the mid 16th century suggesting it may have originated elsewhere.2: Americanized form of German Krahner a variant of Krahn or Kröner (see Kroner).3: Americanized form of Austrian German and Slovenian Kraner.

De Craene : Flemish (also Decraene): from Middle Dutch crane ‘crane’ (see Krane) with article de ‘the’.

Krane : 1: Dutch: from Middle Dutch crane ‘crane’ either a nickname for a long-legged or tall thin man or a metonymic occupational name in connection to the bird or a halyard or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house with the sign of a crane.2: North German: variant of Krahn. Compare Crane.

Kranich : German: from Middle High German kranech ‘crane’ a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name due to a sign or picture of a crane (bird) or a nickname for a long-legged or tall and slender person or for someone with a proud or dignified gait.

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