Creetch Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

Creetch is one more way Creech has been written over the centuries. The name is habitational, pointing to “From Creech / hill”.

• Other spellings include Crich.
• Before spelling was fixed, Creech was also written Creetch.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Creetch, so the heraldry linked to Creech is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Creetch family name pack.