When Isaac Cripe was born on 25 January 1866, in Ross Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States, his father, John C. Cripe Jr, was 45 and his mother, Rachel Ann Fouts, was 35. He died on 4 February 1866, in Clinton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 0.
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Americanized form of German Greib, which is probably a variant of Grieb , and in some cases possibly also of Kreipe, a topographic name of uncertain origin.
Possibly also English: variant of Crippe, from Middle English crippe ‘pouch’, either an occupational name for a maker of pouches or a nickname for someone who habitually wore a distinctive pouch.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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