Hello, > KREIN, KREINER (Ger.) One who came from Krein or Kreina, the names of towns in > Germany. The name Kreiner derives from the word Krain (indeed also the name of a couple of villages in Bavaria & Austria). There was also an Austrian Province "Krain", which was rough equivalent to what is now western Slowenia. Krain is the German version of the slavic word "krajna" which means something like province. Regards, Ingolf Vogel

Hi Ingolf, Thank you. The name Krein (pronounced Krane) comes from Russia/Latvia/Lithuania. Best regards Sarah ----- Original Message ----- From: Ingolf Vogel <vogeling@freenet.de> To: <SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Krein > Hello, > > > KREIN, KREINER (Ger.) One who came from Krein or Kreina, the names of > towns in > > Germany. > > The name Kreiner derives from the word Krain (indeed also the name of a > couple of villages in Bavaria & Austria). There was also an Austrian > Province "Krain", which was rough equivalent to what is now western > Slowenia. > Krain is the German version of the slavic word "krajna" which means > something like province. > > Regards, > > Ingolf Vogel > > > > ============================== > 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 >