Creighton

Gender
Male (Masculine | Boy)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Creighton means "village with a clay bed". It is derived from the Old English words "creg," meaning "clay," and "tun," which means "enclosure," "settlement," or "town."
Pronunciation
KRAY-tən
The name Creighton is pronounced KRAY-tən or KRY-tən.
Popularity
Creighton is not a very common name, and its popularity is relatively low. As of 2021, it does not rank in the top 1000 baby names in the United States or the United Kingdom.

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Creighton Name meanings & History

Creighton is of English origin. Creighton means "village with a clay bed". It is derived from the Old English words "creg," meaning "clay," and "tun," which means "enclosure," "settlement," or "town.". From a surname that was derived from a place name, originally from Gaelic crioch "border" combined with Old English tun "town". Creighton is mostly used as a first name for baby boys.

Zodiac Sign of Creighton: Curious Gemini

Synonyms of Creighton:

C: Chatty,Choice,Cute,Curious,Copycat,Candid,Clever

R: Rational,Resourceful,Reason,Restless

E: Expressive,Enlighten,Exaggerate,Entertain,Enliven,Environment

I: Involved,Indulgence,Intimate

G: Genuine,Go-getter,Goof-off,Gregarious

H: Hope,Heart's Desire,Hyper,Haggle,Hobnobbing

T: Touchy,Tacky,Doubting Thomas,Tireless,Truth,Testy,Talkative

O: Organized,Obsolete,Obstinate,Obsessive,Ostentatious

N: Nitpicking,Nervous,Nutrition,Nagging,Nice,Neurosis,Neat

Creighton is:

  • a Class name
  • a Complex name
  • a Formal name
  • a Mature name
  • a Serious name
  • a Strange name
  • a Strong name
  • a Upper name
  • a Wholesome name

Famous People

Few of the famous people with the name of Creighton are Creighton Thurber- American television writer and producer and Dr. Creighton Wright- American Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.

2.) CREIGHTON (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: Transferred use of the surname that originally indicated a person from Chrichton, a town in southeastern Scotland, which derived its name from the Gaelic crioch (border, boundary) and the Middle English tune (town, settlement, village): hence, “from Crichton, from the town near the border.” (KRI-TUN)


3.) CREIGHTON (Male)

Usage: Scottish

Meanings: Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which originally indicated a person from Crichton, a town in southeastern Scotland that derives its name from the Gaelic crioch (border, boundary) and the Middle English tune (settlement, village, town). (KRAY-TUN)


4.) Creighton (Male)

Usage: English

Meanings: (English) sophisticated

Other Forms: Criton


5.) Creighton (Male)

Usage:

Meanings: (English) town near the rocks. (Welsh) a form of Crichton.

Other Forms: Craighton, Cray, Crayton, Creigh, Creight, Creighto, Creightown, Crichtyn


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