Kreft Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Ancestors listed as Kreft are often found as Krafft a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Krafft, is “Strength, a nickname for a strong man”.

• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Kreft with 1,175 bearers, at rank 22,056. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Before spelling was fixed, Krafft was also written Kreft.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Kraft.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Krafft and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Kreft family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.