as a Last Name
- 42,046
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Crane
Meaning & Origins
English: nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.
| 824th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 42,046
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Idaho
- has the most people named Crane per capita
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