Entry № 2193 · Other origin

Cruz Cruz — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KROOZ /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Cross"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "cross".

Cruz is a girls' name meaning cross.

Cross.

The name in its native script.

Cruz
Transliteration
Cruz
Pronunciation
/ kruːz /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Cruz stands.

Cruz does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Cruzs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Penelope Cruz / Sor Juana de la Cruz
Spanish cross + Latin crux + Catholic cross-veneration + Holy Cross feast September 14 + Penelope Cruz Spanish actress 2008 Oscar + Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Mexican poet-nun
Spanish + Catholic

Names connected to Cruz.

The number behind Cruz.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Cruz reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.