Crease
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: medieval nickname for someone of elegant dress or appearance, from Middle English crease ‘fine, elegant’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈkɹis/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Crease is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
medieval nickname for someone of elegant dress or appearance, from Middle English crease ‘fine, elegant’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Crease is read(measured from records)
Crease is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English87%
medieval nickname for someone of elegant dress or appearance, from Middle English crease ‘fine, elegant’.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
from OE crēas ‘fine, elegant’; first attested Cenric Cres c1095 Bury (Suffolk)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
(OE erects). There is probably no connection with mod. Eng. crease, which is first attested in the 16th cent., from earlier crest (cf. Creste). Vars.: Crees(e); Creasey (chiefly Suffolk).
as a nameA dictionary of surnames
(OE creas). There is probably no connection with mod. Eng. crease, which is first attested in the i6th cent., from earlier crest (cf. Creste).
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Spanish5.0%
first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of crear
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Henry Pering Pellew Creaseb. 1823CAColonial BC Supreme Court Judge; British Columbia Attorney General
- Sarah Lindley Creaseb. 1826CABritish-Canadian artist, socialite, and diarist (1826-1922)
- Mary Maberly Creaseb. 1854CACanadian painter
- Susan Reynolds Creaseb. 1855GBEnglish-born Canadian artist and activist for women's rights
- Barbara Creaseb. 1857GBpainter from Canada
- Josephine Creaseb. 1864CACanadian painter (1864-1947)
- Kevin Creaseb. 1936AUnews presenter
- Teresa J. Creaseb. 1956CAresearcher
- Chris CreaseUSbasketball player
- Henry CreaseBritish Royal Navy officer, commander in 1821
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 205 | #95,461 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 200 | #91,981 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 184 | #92,601 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 10 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 6 | #154,812 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025) | 2025 | 1 | #261 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Crease mean, and where does it come from?
- medieval nickname for someone of elegant dress or appearance, from Middle English crease ‘fine, elegant’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Crease?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈkɹis/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Crease have the most bearers?
- Crease is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Crease”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.