Definition of "Craig"

(countable) A surname.

1. A Scottish habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic from Scottish Gaelic creag, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.  examples

2. An Irish surname of Hiberno-Norman origin, an anglicization of de Craig, de Creag (“of the crag”).  examples

3. An Irish surname, a variant anglicization of de Carraig (Carrick).  examples

(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.  quotations  examples

A placename

1. A locale in the United States.

   1. A city in Alaska; named for early settler and fishmonger Craig Miller.  examples

   2. An unincorporated community in California; named for a railroad official.  examples

   3. A ghost town in Modoc County, California; named for postmaster Robert A. Craig.  examples

   4. A city, the county seat of Moffat County, Colorado; named for financier Rev. William Bayard Craig.  examples

   5. A township in Switzerland County, Indiana.  examples

   6. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana.  examples

   7. A city in Iowa.  examples

   8. A city in Missouri; named for lawyer and politician James Craig.  examples

   9. An unincorporated community in Montana.  examples

   10. A township and village therein, in Burt County, Nebraska; named for early settler William Stewart Craig.  examples

   11. An unincorporated community in Ohio.  examples

2. A river in Alaska, United States and British Columbia, Canada; named for engineer John Davidson Craig.  examples