Croissant
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: crescent
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Croissant is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
How Croissant is read(measured from records)
Croissant is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French46%
crescent
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English44%
A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Croissant is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Portuguese, croissant (a flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, croissant (flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, alternative form of cruasán
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Finnish, synonym of voisarvi
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jean-François-Xavier Croissantb. 1775FRFrench politician (1775-1855)
- Anna Croissant-Rustb. 1860DEGerman author (1860–1943)
- August Croissantb. 1870DEGerman painter (1870-1941)
- Eugen Croissantb. 1898DEGerman painter (1898-1976)
- Klaus Croissantb. 1931DEGerman lawyer (1931–2002)
- Francis Croissantb. 1935FRFrench archaeologist
- Didier Croissantb. 1945FRFrench politician
- Yves Croissantb. 1969FRFrench economist at the University of La Réunion
- Benoît Croissantb. 1980FRfootballer
- Eva Croissantb. 1991DEGerman liedermacher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 442 | #47,878 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 434 | #46,240 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 421 | #53,103 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 199 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 198 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 191 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 190 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 174 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 156 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 155 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 152 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 132 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Croissant come from?
- A flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What does the name Croissant mean?
- In French, crescent
- In which country does Croissant have the most bearers?
- Croissant is most frequently recorded in France.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Croissant”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.