Crichton

English

Alternative forms

• Creighton, Crighton

Etymology

From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹaɪ̯tən/

Proper noun

Crichton (countable and uncountable, plural Crichtons)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).
   2. A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Wise Creek, No. 77, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after James Crichton.
   3. A neighbourhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
   5. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
2. A habitational surname from places.

Derived terms

• crichtonite

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Crichton is the 15777^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1847 individuals. Crichton is most common among White (82.62%) individuals.

See also

• Crich

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crichton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 384.