595 Global Krienke Family Members

Krienke Family History

Although it may not appear so, this interesting name derives from that of an early saint, one Quirnius, circa 360 A.D. The surname origin is German, although the original namebearer was Roman, and over the Centuries it has developed a fairly wide range of spellings. Dialectal influences created the change from Quirnius to Krien, and this then sub-divided at various stages after the medieval period into such forms as Krink, Krienke and Kringe. German Registers tend to be erratic as a result of War.