Creevy

English

Alternative forms

• Creevey

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Craobhaigh (“descendant of Craobhach”), a personal name deriving from craobhach (“branched, branching”). Compare Creagh.

Proper noun

Creevy (plural Creevys)

1. A surname from Irish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Creevy is the 83226^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 226 individuals. Creevy is most common among White (90.71%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Creevy”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.