The Crippen - Crippin Connection - Historic Variations of the names

The CRIPPEN - CRIPPIN Connection - Contents

Name Variations

In the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia and generally across the World, there are currently two common ways of spelling the surname: CRIPPEN and CRIPPIN.

This has not always been the case and, probably because many individuals were unable to write, phonetic spelling was the norm. This gave rise to a variety of options that can be seen below.

CRIPPEN	CRIPPIN	CRIPEN	CRIPIN
CRIPPING	CRIPPINE	CRIPING	CRIPINE
CRIPPON	CHRIPPING	CHRIPEN	CHRIPINE
CRYPPYNGE	CRYPPIN	CRYPPYNE	CRIPPLINGE
CRIPLYING	CRIPPENS	CRIPPINS	KRIPIN

In addition to CRIPPEN & CRIPPIN, the Dictionary of British Surnames also links CRISPIN, CHRISPIN, and CREPIN together under the same origin.
To date I have found no links or corruption to connect the basic CRIPPEN or CRIPPIN with CRISPIN.

In the USA there are further links with the names GRIPPEN and GRIPPEN and this can be seen on the http://www.familytrail.com/crippen/ web-site.

Where the name has and does occur now can be seen on the Places page.

Originally created December 2001, this page was last updated Tuesday, January 01, 2002.

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