Cressy Family History
Cressy Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Creasey a cognate of 2 below. French: habitational name from any of several places in northern France in Saône-et-Loire Seine-Maritime and Somme all named with the Gallic personal name Crixsos (from Latin Crixsus) ‘curly-haired man’ + the Latin locative suffix -acum. This surname is very rare in France.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022