Cruz

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Cruz

Say it: KROOS

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Meaning

Spanish 'cross', after the Holy Cross.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Popular now

In the United States

29,535 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 2013, about 1 in 1,500 boys
1,114 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Spanish

The family of the name

Portuguese	Cruz

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JoaquínBoyFrom Hebrew Yehoyakim 'Yahweh will raise up', the traditional name of the Virgin Mary's father.Colonial · peak 2020

FelipeBoyFrom Greek philos 'lover' and hippos 'horse'.Colonial · peak 2001

GuillermoBoyFrom Germanic wil 'will, desire' and helm 'helmet, protection'.Colonial · peak 1996

LuzGirlSpanish 'light', from Nuestra Señora de la Luz.Colonial · peak 1999

EstebanBoyFrom Greek stephanos 'crown, garland'.Colonial · peak 2005

BlancaGirl'White', from a Germanic word (blank) borrowed into Late Latin and the Romance languages.Middle Ages · peak 1990

GraceGirlFrom Latin gratia 'favour, grace'.Middle Ages · peak 1890

CrystalGirlFrom the English word crystal, from Greek krystallos 'ice'. (In Scotland Chrystal was separately a medieval pet form…Victorian · peak 1982

Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.