I would like to know more about this last name because this was my great-grandfathers last name before he moved to america.
Doris Kray / 3-8-2015 / ·
Tristan, this is my family name too. I’m trying to see what it means too.
Diana / 11-13-2015 / ·
That is Croatian surname. My mother sister was Krajacic and they lost contact many years ago.
Nadine Carmody / 11-14-2017 / ·
Could Kragich have been shortened or re-spelled in Amercia?
Bobby Kemosabe / 6-30-2018 / ·
Stronger King
Kralj croatian for king.
jaci means stronger in serbiocroatian. Adding a c of k at the end of the name is much like Italian where they add an o or a.
They were wine merchants from Croatia. Legend says they passed their wine making technique down through the first born sons since the Romans.
Many immigrated to the North Eastern United States after the Great War looking for work. They distributed their wine through out the cities during prohibition.
Their wine orchards are still n Croatia today.
Esteban / 7-7-2020 / ·
Mi bisabuelo era Francisco Krajacic
Adria Kray / 10-14-2022 / ·
My Grandfather’s family name was Krajacic, and he was born in a small town outside of the Zagreb area. He immigrated to western Canada as a child with his parents and sister in around 1927. Sadly, it was “anglicized” as Krayachie at some point, and then when he was an adult and got married, he further anglicized it by changing it to “Kray”. (Some other relatives in southern Ontario had done this, so I suspect he followed suit).
Interesting about a previous comment about being wine merchants and orchards. Some of my extended family had contact with relatives still in Croatia, and went to visit them. They said the area they lived in was full of orchards, but I don’t know of a direct connection of wine making with my family in the somewhat recent past.
Doris Kray / 2-12-2025 / ·
My father changed his name from Krajacich to Kray in 1941. Resided in Milwaukee, WI. Born in Quincey, MI and family moved to Duluth, MN as his father worked in mining. His father immigrated to U.S. as a young man and married Catherin Brunskale. I was told her family also had wine orchards in Croatia.
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I would like to know more about this last name because this was my great-grandfathers last name before he moved to america.
Tristan, this is my family name too. I’m trying to see what it means too.
That is Croatian surname. My mother sister was Krajacic and they lost contact many years ago.
Could Kragich have been shortened or re-spelled in Amercia?
Stronger King
Kralj croatian for king.
jaci means stronger in serbiocroatian. Adding a c of k at the end of the name is much like Italian where they add an o or a.
They were wine merchants from Croatia. Legend says they passed their wine making technique down through the first born sons since the Romans.
Many immigrated to the North Eastern United States after the Great War looking for work. They distributed their wine through out the cities during prohibition.
Their wine orchards are still n Croatia today.
Mi bisabuelo era Francisco Krajacic
My Grandfather’s family name was Krajacic, and he was born in a small town outside of the Zagreb area. He immigrated to western Canada as a child with his parents and sister in around 1927. Sadly, it was “anglicized” as Krayachie at some point, and then when he was an adult and got married, he further anglicized it by changing it to “Kray”. (Some other relatives in southern Ontario had done this, so I suspect he followed suit).
Interesting about a previous comment about being wine merchants and orchards. Some of my extended family had contact with relatives still in Croatia, and went to visit them. They said the area they lived in was full of orchards, but I don’t know of a direct connection of wine making with my family in the somewhat recent past.
My father changed his name from Krajacich to Kray in 1941. Resided in Milwaukee, WI. Born in Quincey, MI and family moved to Duluth, MN as his father worked in mining. His father immigrated to U.S. as a young man and married Catherin Brunskale. I was told her family also had wine orchards in Croatia.