Craig

Meanings

1. A surname.
2. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scottish Gaelic creag, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.
3. An Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin, an anglicization of de Craig, de Creag (“of the crag”).
4. An Irish surname, a variant anglicization of de Carraig (Carrick).
5. A male given name transferred from the surname.
6. A placename
7. A locale in the United States.
8. A city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska; named for early settler and fishmonger Craig Miller.
9. An unincorporated community in California; named for a railroad official.
10. A ghost town in Modoc County, California; named for postmaster Robert A. Craig.
11. A city, the county seat of Moffat County, Colorado; named for financier Rev. William Bayard Craig.
12. A township in Switzerland County, Indiana.

1. A rocky crag.

Etymology

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic creag (“rock”). Doublet of Carrick.