Origin and popularity of the name KRUK

Origin

Kruk : 1: Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname (Polish) or artificial name (Jewish) from Polish kruk ‘raven’.2: Dutch: nickname for someone who used a crutch or walking stick Middle Dutch crucke cricke.3: Dutch (Van der Kruk): topographic name for someone who lived by a field named with Middle Dutch cruck ‘crooked piece of wood crutch crosier’.

Kruczek : Polish and Jewish (from Poland): nickname for someone with black hair from a Polish diminutive of kruk ‘raven’ (see Kruk).

Krukowski : Polish: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Kruki Kruków or Krukowo named with kruk ‘raven’.

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