Kreischer Family History
Kreischer Name Meaning
German:: habitational name for someone from a place called Kreische Kreischa or Kreischau in Saxony. nickname from an agent derivative of Middle High German krīschen ‘to shriek to yell’ or a metonymic occupational name for a torturer from an agent derivative of Middle High German kreischen ‘to make someone shriek (in pain)’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022