indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Other Forms FormsCreatura (Christi), Creature-of-Christ, Creature-of-God
Meaning & History
From the English word meaning "living being", ultimately deriving from Late Latin creatura. In the parish registers of 16th-century England this was used to refer to infants, both male and female, who survived birth only just long enough to be baptized. (In the case of one Creature Cheseman, she survived infancy and bore the name for the rest of her life.)