Cruces

loc · Latin script

Meaning, in English: plural of crux

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kɹusiz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Cruces is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Cuba.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States
  • MXMexico
  • ESSpain

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.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

plural of crux

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

How Cruces is read(measured from records)

Cruces 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.

  • English17%

    plural of crux

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Spanish9.2%

    plural of cruz

    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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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:

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Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Cruces is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of crux

    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)

1850190019502000Fortunato Cruces Angueira, b. 1870Francisco Raval Cruces, b. 1919Segismundo Cruces Ordinola, b. 1965Luis Marín, b. 1972Guillermo Cruces, b. 1975Juan Antonio del Álamo, b. 1993

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Cruces
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—3.5K#1,480
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—3.5K#1,480
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—1.2K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010686#33,316
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020660#36,479
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000439#45,829
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—167—
MX MexicoRENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset)—75#2,120
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—47#109,451
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—19—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199112—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19618—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Cruces mean, and where does it come from?
plural of crux Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Cruces?
A machine transcription gives /kɹusiz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Cruces have the most bearers?
Cruces is most frequently recorded in Cuba.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Cruces”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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