Creed

Creed is an English word for a statement or system of beliefs. Its history reaches back to Latin credo, meaning “I believe,” which explains why the word is especially familiar in Christian worship. The meaning can also extend beyond religion to a set of principles by which someone chooses to live.

The name has recognizable cultural connections through the Creed films and the performer and television character Creed Bratton. Those associations sit alongside, rather than replace, its older religious vocabulary. Creed is not itself the name of a biblical character. It is a direct word choice whose short spelling contrasts with the broad ideas of conviction, commitment, and belief that the word can express.