Cron

See also: cron and crón

English

As a Scottish surname, variant of Crone, itself shortened from McCrone, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Cróin (“son of the swarthy one”), from crón (“swarthy”).
As a German, Jewish, and Swedish surname, Americanized/variant of Kron.
As a French surname, from the regional word crone (“water hole”).
Also as a French surname, from Picard Old French cron (“bent, curved”), itself probably a Germanic borrowing akin to Proto-Germanic *krumpaz or a similar variant.
As a Breton suranme, from kronn (“round, rounded”), from Proto-Brythonic *krunn.

Cron (plural Crons)

According to the 2010 United States Census, Cron is the 12978^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2366 individuals. Cron is most common among White (91.08%) individuals.