Crane Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Crane Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Crane

The ancient history of the name Crane was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. Meaning 'the Crane', this is a locational name from a place in Riddel near Dalkeith. Variants include Cranstone, Cranstoun, Cran and Crann. It can also be a nickname from the bird, the crane. This name is of Scottish descent spreading to the countries of Ireland , England , and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts throughout these countries. Examples of such are an Andrew de Cranstoun who died before 1338, and a Thomas de Cranstoun who was a provost of Edinburgh in the year 1423. A William of Cranstoun was known as the conservator of the truce between Scotland and England . The name was first recorded in England in the person of a Stepanus Crane who was recorded in the 'Poll Tax', of the West Riding of Yorkshire, in the year 1379. Crane is sometimes a variant of the name Crean and in County Kerry it is sometimes used instead of Curran.