What does Cruz mean?

Cruz means "cross"

How do we pronounce Cruz?

Cruz \cruz, cr-uz\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Cruz is sometimes used as a girl name name popularity. Its pronunciation is KRUW-SH (Portuguese), KRUW-TH (Spanish), or KRUWS (Spanish-Latin American) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Cruz: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; TH as in "theme (TH.IY.M)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)"

What is the origin of Cruz?

Cruz is used predominantly in the English, Portuguese, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Spanish. The name refers to the Cross of the crucifixion. The Spanish 'cruz' (cross) is ultimately from the Latin 'crux' (cross) and genitive 'crucis' (cross). It was chosen by the Beckhams for their third son Cruz David Beckham (2005-), who was born in Madrid, Spain. Cruiz name variations, Cruize name variations, baby name Cruse, what does the name Cruze mean (Spanish), name Cruzito meaning, Cruzz meaning of name, Kruise name popularity, what does the name Kruz mean, and Kruze meaning and origin are variants of Cruz. See also the related form, name Gurutz (Basque). Cruz is fairly popular as a baby name for boys, and it viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1970s. At the modest peak of its usage in 2010, 0.049% of baby boys were given the name Cruz. It ranked at #321 then. Out of all boy names in its group, Cruz was the most frequently used in 2010. There were times from 1921 to 1936 when more girls than baby boys were named Cruz, but currently it is more often than not a baby boy name. In 1940, the name Cruz was given to 31% more baby boys than girls.

List of baby names Cruz:

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The baby name Cruz fun facts:

The name Cruz in reverse order is "Zurc".

The numerological value of the name Cruz is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Cruz?

Cruz is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.06%
20130.07%
20120.07%
20110.06%
20100.05%
20090.05%
20080.04%
20070.03%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames