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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CROFT

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(origin: Local) A town of the same name in England; a small field near a dwelling.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

1. English: topographic name for someone who lived by an arable enclosure, normally adjoining a house, Middle English croft. There are several places in England named with this word (Old English croft), and the surname may equally be a habitational name from any of them.
2. Possibly an Americanized spelling of Kraft.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)