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Craig vs Greg - What's the difference?

craig | greg |

As proper nouns the difference between craig and greg

is that craig is {{surname|Scottish|from=Scottish Gaelic}}, originally meaning someone who lived near a crag while Greg is an English and Scottish male given name, diminutive of Gregory or Gregor (and sometimes derived from the surname Greig.

craig

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , originally meaning someone who lived near a crag.
  • transferred from the surname.
  • A river in Alaska and British Columbia.

    • Quotations

    * 1979 Bruce Jackson: The Programmer: A Novel . Doubleday 1979. page 168: *: He told her the name he had used to rent the cabin. " I'm Craig Hemsworth." *: She burst out laughing. "That's a funnier name than mine. It sounds like the kind of name they give a movie actor when they decide his own name won't do.

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    * English male given names from Scottish Gaelic

    greg

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An English and Scottish male given name, diminutive of Gregory or Gregor (and sometimes derived from the surname Greig)
    • English diminutives of male given names