Given name & surname
Crichton
“from the border town”
In English use, Crichton has a related form in Creighton. One Scottish interpretation is “from the border town.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Crichton has a related form in Creighton. One Scottish interpretation is “from the border town.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Crichton has a related form in Creighton. An origin associated with Creighton is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Welsh carreg (“rock”), from Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Crichton through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,746 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Crichton’s family of names
Crichton has a related form in Creighton.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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