Kreider Family History
Kreider Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived on newly cleared land from Middle High German geriute ‘clearing woodland cleared for settlement or cultivation assart’. Altered form of Greider a surname of German (and ultimately Swiss German) origin a cognate of 1 above. This is a predominantly PA surname. Compare Crider Cryder Krider and Kryder .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022