Given name & surname
Creston
“one who is worthy”
Creston is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who is worthy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is worthy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Creston through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 835
- 835 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 595 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Creston’s family of names
Creston has a related form in Crest. Creston has a related form in Crestan. Creston has a related form in Creste.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Cresstonlikely variant
- Cresteavariant
- Cresteevariant
- Cresteyvariant
- Crestyvariant
- Crestievariant
- Crestivariant
- Crestevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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