Creed Family History
Creed Name Meaning
Irish (Cork and Limerick): shortened form of Creedon or a shortened variant of McCrudden through confusion with the Munster name Mac Críodáin (or Ó Críodáin). English: habitational name from Creed Farm in Bosham Sussex so named with the Old English word crēde ‘weeds plants’. In some cases the surname may be derived from the name of a place called Creed in Cornwall named for the patron saint of the church Saint Cride. English: from the Middle English personal name Crede (from Old English Crēoda the name of a Mercian king of unexplained etymology).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022