Tracing the Cruze Family Name

Spelled Cruze, the surname still points back to Cruz. Name scholars give the meaning as “Cross”.

• Cruze adds “e” to Cruz, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Cruze with 1,325 bearers, at rank 20,149. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.
• You may also find the name written Cruces, Crus and Cruzado.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Heraldry and the Cruze name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Cruze, so the heraldry linked to Cruz is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Cruze surname pack.