Total Records: 4
Origin of crom, Meaning of crom
Origin: Ireland, Counties Cork and Kerry. Associated and part of the McCarty Clan.
Surnames: Cremeans, Cremeen, Cremin, Cromeans
Submitted by: Deborah Cromeans Williams |
Origin of crom, Meaning of crom
Origin: From the area 'Cromar' in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This area lies around the village of Tarland.
Surnames: Cromar
Submitted by: Hilary Cromar |
Origin of crom, Meaning of crom
Origin: (origin: Celtic and Gaelic. Local) The name of a parish in Fife, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Frith of Forth, whence the possessor took his surname; from Aber, marshy ground, a place where two or more streams meet; and cruime or crombie, a bend or crook. Aber, in the Celtic and Gaelic, and also in the Cornish British, signifies the confluence of two or more streams, or the mouth of a river, where it flows into the sea; hence it is often applied to marshy ground, generally near the confluence of two rivers. It also signifies, sometimes, a gulf or whirlpool.
Surnames: Abercrombie
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Origin of crom, Meaning of crom
Origin: ABERCROMBIE, or ABERCROMBY, a surname derived from a barony of that name in Fifeshire, erected in a district originally named Abercrombie, aber meaning beyond, and crombie, the crook, in allusion to the bend or crook of Fifeness. The parish, until recently called St. Monance, and now Abercromby, was known by the name of Abercrombie so far back as 1174. The Abercrombies of that ilk were esteemed the chiefs of the name until the seventeenth century, when that line became extinct, and Abercromby of Birkenbog, in Banffshire, became the head of the clan of Abercromby. In 1637 Alexander Abercromby of Birkenbog was created a baronet of Scotland and Nova Scotia, and distinguished himself as a royalist during the civil wars. The baronetcy is still in the family.
Surnames: Abercromby, Abercrombie
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