Släkthistoria för Rosenkranz
Rosenkranz Vad efternamn betyder
German and Danish: from Middle Low German rōsenkranz ‘wreath rosary’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a wreath or rosary maker or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a wreath or in a place called with this word. This surname is also found in the Netherlands (see Rosenkrans) where it is very rare. See also Rosenkrantz. Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German surname (see 1 above) or an artificial name from the German word Rosenkranz ‘wreath’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
