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- Irish · derived fromÓ Craobhaigh“descendant of Craobhach”
- English todayCreevy
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Craobhaigh (“descendant of Craobhach”), a personal name deriving from craobhach (“branched, branching”). Compare Creagh.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.