Craig

See also: craig

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic creag (rock, crag).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kɹeɪɡ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɹɛɡ/, /kɹeɪɡ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪɡ, -ɛɡ

Proper noun

Craig

  1. A Scottish surname, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    • 1979 Bruce Jackson: The Programmer: A Novel. Doubleday 1979. page 168:
      He told her the name he had used to rent the cabin. " I'm Craig Hemsworth."
      She burst out laughing. "That's a funnier name than mine. It sounds like the kind of name they give a movie actor when they decide his own name won't do.
  3. A river in Alaska and British Columbia.
  4. A city in Colorado, USA, and the county seat of Moffat County.

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