Crowe is a surname of
Middle English origin. Its
Old English origin means '
crow', and was a nickname for someone said to resemble this bird, probably if they had very dark hair.[1] The name is historically most common in the English Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk particularly around the City of Norwich. The name may alternatively have an
Irish origin: in Ireland, it may originate as an anglicisation of Mac Enchroe a clan of munster[2] while in the
Isle of Man it represents an anglicised version of Mc Crawe (1540).[3]
^E. MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland, Irish Academic Press, 1991
^J. J. Kneen, The Personal Names of the I.O.M., O.U.P., 1937
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Crowe is a surname of
Middle English origin. Its
Old English origin means '
crow', and was a nickname for someone said to resemble this bird, probably if they had very dark hair.[1] The name is historically most common in the English Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk particularly around the City of Norwich. The name may alternatively have an
Irish origin: in Ireland, it may originate as an anglicisation of Mac Enchroe a clan of munster[2] while in the
Isle of Man it represents an anglicised version of Mc Crawe (1540).[3]
^E. MacLysaght, The Surnames of Ireland, Irish Academic Press, 1991
^J. J. Kneen, The Personal Names of the I.O.M., O.U.P., 1937
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameCrowe. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.