Cruz

Where Cruz comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Cruz.

Cruz through the years
  1. 1878
    Cruz Hernández born
    Salvadoran supercentenarian
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #809 among boys, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1937
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1974
    Cruz Carbajal born
    Mexican boxer
  5. 2013
    Peak, #279
    1,250 babies named Cruz, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Cruz Hernández · Salvadoran supercentenarian, 1878–2007
  • Cruz Carbajal · Mexican boxer, born 1974
  • Cruz Laplana y Laguna · Spanish priest, 1875–1936
  • Cruz Bustamante · American politician, born 1953
  • Cruz Martínez · American record producer, songwriter and musician, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.