Cranfeild: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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The meaning behind Cranfeild

Some records give Cranfield; others give Cranfeild. Both point to the same English family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “open land of the cranes”.

Before spelling was fixed, Cranfield was also written Cranfeild. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Cranfeld.

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