surname, 12c., a Scottish form of Cragg, literally "dweller by the steep rocks," from crag. As a masc. given name it began to be popular in U.S. 1930s, peaked 1960s.
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crag n.
"a steep, rugged rock; rough, broken, projecting rock, especially a sea-cliff," early 14c. (as a place-name element from c. 1200), probably from a Celtic source akin to Old Irish crec "rock," and carrac "cliff," Welsh craig "rock, stone," Manx creg, Breton krag. A cragsman (1815) is "one dexterous in climbing cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea-birds."