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What does Craig mean?
Craig 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced krayg. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Craig is "rock, rocky". Comes from the word "crag". Also originally a Scottish surname. The name is now popular in the English-speaking world.
STARTS WITH Cr-
ASSOCIATED WITH scottish, gaelic, rock, surname, popular (famous)
Variations
VARIANTS Craigie, Craik, Kraig
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Caig, ..
(female) Craia, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Craig Gadiel (C.G.), ..
How popular is Craig?
Craig is a very prominent first name for males (#90 out of 1220, Top 7%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#307 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Craig reached its apex position of #44 in the U.S. during the years 1960-1969, and is at #1188 currently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Kraig is the only other prominent variation form of Craig (#1188 LAST YEAR). These relations of Craig were popular as birth names 58 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.45%) and are now significantly less popular (ADOPTION 0.01%, ▼98%).
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Cai, Cain▲, Caio, Chai, Chaim▲, Chang, Clair▼, Crain, Craine, Cram, Crane, Crayn, Creik, Cris, Graig, Greig and Haig. These names tend to be less frequently used than Craig.
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