Krol

It may be a Dutch surname. It originally was a nickname of someone with curly hair (krul still means "curl" in Modern Dutch).[1]

Krol is a surname of several possible origins.

The name may also be a simplification of the Polish surname Król, the Belarussian/Ukrainian surname Krol', both literally meaning "king", or the German surname Kroll.

Notable people with the surname include:

Krol

  • Bernhard Krol (1920–2015), German horn player and composer
  • Ed Krol (born 1951), American internet pioneer and technology writer
  • George A. Krol (born 1956), American diplomat
  • Gerrit Krol (1934–2013), Dutch author, essayist and writer
  • Gerrit Krol (politician) (born 1945), Dutch CDA politician
  • Henk Krol (born 1950), Dutch journalist, publisher, and politician
  • Ian Krol (born 1991), American baseball pitcher
  • Jack Krol (1936–1994), American baseball coach and manager
  • Joe Krol (1915-1993), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Joe Krol (1919–2008), Canadian Football League player
  • John Krol (1910–1996), American Roman Catholic Cardinal
  • Katharine L. Krol, M.D., FSIR, FACR, American interventional radiologist
  • Leendert Krol (born 1939), Dutch field hockey player.
  • Louisa John-Krol, Australian folk/pop musician
  • Melvin Krol (born 1998), German football forward
  • Mike Krol (born 1984), American musician and graphic designer
  • Petr Krol (born 1965), Czech weightlifter
  • Petra Krol (fl. 1970s), East German slalom canoeist to
  • Ruud Krol (born 1949), Dutch footballer and coach
  • Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1595–1674), Dutch Director-General of New Netherland
  • Thomas Krol (born 1992), Dutch speed skater
  • Torsten Krol, Australian novelist
  • Mike Krol (born 1984), American musician

Król

Król (Polish pronunciation: [krul]) is a Polish surname meaning "king" and may refer to:

Krol'

  • Michail Krol' (1879–1939), Soviet Belorussian neurologist
  • Moisej Aaronovič Krol' (1862–1942), Ukrainian-Russian ethnologue, publisher and jurist

See also

References

  1. Krol at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
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