Crossman Family History
Crossman Name Meaning
English (Somerset and Devon): topographic name for someone who lived by a cross from Middle English cros cros(s)e + man. Americanized form of German Crössmann or Krössmann: from Middle Low German krōs krüs ‘pitcher’ and hence a metonymic occupational name for maker of these; alternatively a metonymic occupational name for a butcher from Middle High German kroese ‘tripe’. Americanized form of German Grossmann .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022