Crete

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Creta in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Crete is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname423 records spelled Crete15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Spain, Italy, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese

  Also written Creta, Creța, Crête, Crète, Crété

• a separate name121 records spelled Crete6 spellings in the group

  Also written Crête, Crété, Crêté, Crète, Creté

• Greek given name37 records spelled Crete9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, India, United States

  Also written Κρητη, Kriti, Κρήτη, Κριτή, Κριτι

• a separate name30 records spelled Crete5 spellings in the group

  Also written Crête, Crété

• a separate name25 records spelled Crete5 spellings in the group

  Also written Crète, Crête, Crété

• a separate name23 records spelled Crete6 spellings in the group

  Also written Crête, Kreta, Crété

• a separate name16 records spelled Crete3 spellings in the group

  Also written Krete, Crête

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Crete is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In fur, Crete (an island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, vocative masculine singular of crētus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lucretia Garfieldb. 1832USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 1881 to 1881
• Crete Cageb. 1881USAmerican journalist and clubwoman (1881-1968)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 21 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Crete?

We estimate roughly 829 people bear Crete (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Crete have the most bearers?

Crete is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled crete.

What does the name Crete mean?

Recorded meaning: island, Greece