Craik Family History
Craik Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Craik in Aberdeenshire named from Gaelic creag ‘steep or precipitous rock’ or from various other places so named for example in Angus Dumfriesshire Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire. English (Durham): variant of Crake a habitational name from Crayke in the North Yorkshire named with Primitive Welsh creig ‘rock crag’ (Old Welsh creic cognate with Gaelic craig).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022