What does Cruickshank mean?

What does Cruickshank mean? Scottish: nickname for a man with a crooked leg or legs, from older Scots cruik ‘hook’, ‘bend’ (Middle English crook, Old Scandinavian krókr) + shank ‘leg(-bone)’ (Old English sceanca). Where does the surname cruickshanks originate from? Cruickshank was first used as a surname by descendants of Read more…