The story
- Old English · derived fromcrūċ“cross”
- English todayCrittall
From Old English crūċ (“cross”) + healh (“corner, nook”). The surname may also derive from the village of Crichel in East Dorset, or from a lost or unidentified place.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcrūċ all →
crouchCruttenden
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.