About the Crisps Surname

Clerks wrote Crisp in many ways, and Crisps is one that stuck. Read literally, Crisps points to “Curly-haired”.

A variant of Crisp

Crisps adds a patronymic ending to Crisp, meaning ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Crispe.

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Heraldry and the Crisps name

Looking for a Crisps coat of arms? Arms were granted to families, not to surnames, and our research shows which heraldic tradition fits yours.

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