Kreps Family Crest & Name History

The spelling Kreps grew out of Krebs, a German surname with a long paper trail. Its meaning, shared with Krebs, is “crab, crayfish”.

• Other spellings include Krebsz.
• Kreps is listed among the recognised spellings of Krebs.
• Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

Heraldry and the Kreps name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kreps, so the heraldry linked to Krebs is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Kreps report, with a museum-style coat of arms.