an american friend whose fathers hail from germany has "vsych" as her last name. to me it looks czech. any suggestions to origin and meaning? jürgen

I am trying to find out the origins of the surname Krein. I am convinced it was a Russian name but shortened. Sarah

KREIN, KREINER (Ger.) One who came from Krein or Kreina, the names of towns in Germany. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. or possibly: KREINER (Jewish [E. Ashkenazic]) Cognate of the Russian "UKRAINTSEV", patronym of the name "ukrainets" (Ukrainian). ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. If it is a shortening of a Russian name perhaps "Ukraintsev" is what you are looking for. Barbara Sarah wrote: > I am trying to find out the origins of the surname Krein. > I am convinced it was a Russian name but shortened. > > Sarah > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237