Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : Town near a creek Boy name variations Creighton Creigh Cree How Popular Is The Name Crichton Family name origins & meanings Scottish spelling of Creighton.Perhaps an Americanized spelling of Dutch Kruchten.The Mennonite Encyclopedia lists a Wilhelm Crichton, born at Königsberg, East Prussia, in 1732.