Craig

Craig \crai(g), cr-a-ig\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Craig is pronounced KR-NG ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Craig: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; NG as in "sing (S.IH.NG)"

What is the origin of Craig?

Craig's language of origin is Celtic. It is used predominantly in English and Scottish. The first name is derived from the frequent Scottish surname, which is from a nickname for someone living near a cliff or any of several places in Scotland named with the Gaelic creag ('rock'). The given name was first used in the mid-19th century; it has since dropped its Scottish flavor and is now used in many other English-speaking countries. The name Craig is widely used; it has 27 variations. Variations of Craig comprise Craeg meaning and origin, Craege meaning of name, short names for Crag, Crage meaning of name, Crai name variations, nicknames for Craige, Craigen definition, name Craigery meaning, Craigg name, Craigh name, baby name Craigon, Cray meaning of name, name Craye origin, Crayg meaning and origin, baby name Crayge, name Creag, meaning of Creage, name Creg meaning, Cregan name, short names for Cregg, name Creig origin, Creigh definition, Criag meaning, nicknames for Graig, and Kereti pronounciation. Other English forms comprise the spelling variants Kraig meaning and origin and Kreig name. Craig is an all-time favorite. Today it is still a rather popular baby boy name, but not as significantly as it was previously. The name's popularity grew from the 1910s up to the 1960s. At the modest height of its usage in 1960, 0.495% of baby boys were named Craig. It was #42 in rank then. The baby name has steeply dropped in popularity since then. In 2010, it ranked at #665 with a usage of only 0.018%, was nevertheless the most regularly used within all boy names in its family.

List of baby names Craig:

nicknames for Kraig (English), baby name Caernes, Cairns definition, Carnes name popularity (Irish), what does the name Crayg mean, Crones name, Carnig pronounciation, Carnigg pronounciation, Carnyg pronounciation, Carnygg pronounciation, Chronos name popularity, nicknames for Chronus, short names for Coinneach (Scottish), name Cormac (English and Irish), baby name Cormack, Cormag definition (Gaelic and Scottish), name Cormic origin, short names for Cormick, Craigg name variations, and name Cronas meaning.

The baby name Craig fun facts:

The name Craig in reverse order is "Giarc".

The numerological value of the name Craig is number 2, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating.

How popular is Craig?

Craig is in the top names in USA.