Kraig is a male given name as well as a family name. Notable people with the name include: As a given name: *

Kraig Chiles Kraig Chiles (born May 14, 1984) is an American soccer player who plays for the San Diego Sockers of the Major Arena Soccer League. Career Youth and college Chiles played high school soccer for Poway High School in Poway, California, and rema ...

, American soccer player *

Kraig Grady Kraig Grady (born 1952) is a US-Australian composer/ sound artist. He has composed and performed with an ensemble of microtonal instruments of his own design and also worked as a shadow puppeteer, tuning theorist, filmmaker, world music radio D ...

, musician *

Kraig Kann Kraig Kann (born on May 3, 1966, in LaGrange, Illinois) is a former on-air personality on Golf Channel, former chief communications officer of the LPGA, and current Managing Director of Kann Advisory Group and Host on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio.Golf C ...

, anchor on The Golf Channel *

Kraig Kinser Kraig Kinser (born October 8, 1984) is an American professional racing driver. He was previously a developmental driver for MB2 Motorsports/Ginn Racing, and while with them, competed in both the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and the ARCA Re/Max ...

, American race car driver *

Kraig Metzinger Kraig Metzinger (born March 19, 1963) is an American former child actor, who played the role of Maude Findlay's grandson Phillip Traynor on the sitcom '' Maude'' for the show's final season in 1977–1978. He was born in Los Angeles, California. M ...

, American actor *

Kraig Nienhuis Kraig Nienhuis (born May 9, 1961) is a Canadians, Canadian-Austrian former professional ice hockey player who played 87 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). After 3 years at RPI, he was signed as a free agent by the Boston Bruins in 1985. ...

, hockey player *

Kraig Paulsen Kraig Paulsen (born September 9, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2017 and as speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. Early life and ed ...

, politician from Iowa *

Kraig Urbik Kraig Urbik (born September 23, 1985) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers after graduating fr ...

, American football player As a surname: *

Donald Michael Kraig Donald Michael Kraig (March 28, 1951 – March 17, 2014) was an American occult writer and practitioner of ceremonial magic. Kraig published six books, including his 1988 introduction to ceremonial magic, ''Modern Magick''. He was also an editor fo ...

, American occult author

History and origin

Kraig is a variant of Craig. In the Scottish origin, the meaning of Kraig is derived from the Scottish Gaelic ''craeg,'' meaning "rock". In numerology, people with this name are known to be determined and independent. First borns are known to be leaders and headed for success, while their charismatic personality means they have no trouble making new friends.

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