Kreivys is a Lithuanian surname derived from the nickname "Kreivys", meaning "crooked, a person with crooked legs; a hunchbacked person; a crooked-handed person".KREIVYS in Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas, (eds. A. Vanagas, autoriai A. Vanagas, V. Maciejauskienė, M. Razmukaitė). The feminine forms of the name are Kreivienė (unmarried) and Kreivytė (married).
Notable people with the surname include:
Dainius Kreivys, Lithuanian businessman and politician Dalia Kreivienė (born 1972), Lithuanian diplomat Ona Kreivytė-Naruševičienė, Lithuanian ceramic artist , Lithuanian basketball player Zita Kreivytė, Lithuanian fashion designer and artist
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