Craig

See also: craig

English

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Craig

1. from Scottish Gaelic creag, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.
2. of Hiberno-Norman origin, an anglicization of de Craig, de Creag (“of the crag”).
3. , a variant anglicization of de Carraig (Carrick).
4. 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.

5. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Alaska; named for early settler and fishmonger Craig Miller.
   2. A city in Colorado; the county seat of Moffat County; named for financier Rev. William Bayard Craig.
   3. A city in Iowa.
   4. A city in Missouri; named for lawyer and politician James Craig.
   5. A village in Nebraska; named for early settler William Stewart Craig.
   6. An unincorporated community in California; named for a railroad official.
   7. An unincorporated community in Indiana.
   8. An unincorporated community in Montana.
   9. An unincorporated community in Ohio.
   10. A ghost town in Modoc County, California; named for postmaster Robert A. Craig.
6. A river in Alaska, United States and British Columbia, Canada; named for engineer John Davidson Craig.

Alternative forms

• (Irish surname from "de Craig"): Cregg

Derived terms

• Craig County

Translations

city in Alaska

• Tlingit: Sháan Séet
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Anagrams

• Agric., argic, cigar