Släkthistoria för Krek
Krek Vad efternamn betyder
Slovenian: nickname from krek an old variant of krak ‘hindleg of a frog’ figuratively ‘long leg’ probably applied to a long-legged man. Alternatively it could be a nickname for someone with a screechy voice derived from krek ‘screechy voice of a tern and some other birds’ (compare with the Czech name below). Czech (Křek): nickname for someone with a characteristic voice from (s)křek ‘screech’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
