Crichton
English
Alternative forms
- Creighton, Crighton
Etymology
From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹaɪ̯ʔən/
Proper noun
Crichton (countable and uncountable, plural Crichtons)
- A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- An unincorporatedcommunity in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname.
Derived terms
- crichtonite
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Crichton is the 15777th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1847 individuals. Crichton is most common among White (82.62%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crichton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 384.