Origin and popularity of the name CRANSTON
Origin
Cranston : Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Cranston near Dalkeith (Midlothian) named from the genitive case of the Old English byname Cran meaning ‘crane’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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