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![Show Contents]() Rosenkrantz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of RosenkrantzWhat does the name Rosenkrantz mean? The surname Rosenkrantz is a metronymic surname, which was derived from the female given name Rose or Rosa. To hide the Jewish nature of this name, many varied suffixes were attached to give the name a more literal meaning associated with the rose flower. Thus, the suffix 'baum,' meaning tree, 'bloom,' meaning flower, 'blum,' meaning leaf, 'bush,' meaning bush, and 'berg,' meaning hill, are all popular. Rosenkrantz Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rosenbaum, Rosenberg, Rosenberger, Roseberger, Rosenbush, Rosenblum, Rosenbloom, Rosenblatt, Rosenmann, Rosenbach, Rosenbusch, Rosenlith, Rosendorf, Rosendorn, Rosenfeld, Rosengarten, Resnhain, Rosenhaft, Rosenheim, Rosenstracuch, Rosenwein, Rosenkrantz, Rosenscheim, Rosenstamm, Rosenstein, Rosenstock, Rosenstrauss, Rosenzweig, Rosenthal, Rosenwasser, Rosenzweig, Rosenhaus, Rosenwald, Rosenwald, Rosenfarb, Rosenfarb, Rosenkwit, Roskin and many more.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Rosenkrantz Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Johann C. Rosenkrantz, who sailed to Philadelphia in 1773
- Joh Carl Rosenkrantz, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1773 1
- Henrich Rosenkrantz, who landed in New York in 1784 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Rosenkrantz (post 1700) | + |
- Arild Rosenkrantz (1870-1964), Danish nobleman painter, sculptor, stained glass artist and illustrator
- Otte A Rosenkrantz (b. 1952), Canadian author, journalist, professor of communication at Fanshawe College
- Baron Timme Rosenkrantz (b. 1911), Danish author and jazz enthusiast, active in the 1930s and 1940s
- Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz (1762-1838), Norwegian minister
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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