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- English: habitational name for someone from North or South Creake in Norfolk, named from Celtic creig ‘cliff’, ‘rock’.
- English: from Middle English creke ‘basket’ (Old French creche), hence a metonymic occupational name for a basket maker.
- Americanized spelling of German Krieg, German and Jewish Krick, or Dutch Kriek, a metonymic occupational name for a fruit grower or dealer, from Middle Dutch krieke ‘cherry’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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