French (Crète, adjectival form Crété
‘crested’): nickname for an arrogant individual, from Old French
creste ‘crest (of a hill)’ (Late Latin crista), used
with reference to the comb of a rooster. Compare Old French
crester ‘to strut’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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