Cruiz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KROOZ
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Cruiz is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “cross”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Cruiz mean?
Spanish: modern spelling of Cruz
“cross”
A modern spelling of Cruz, the Spanish word for cross.
Is Cruiz a girl's or a boy's name?
Cruiz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cruiz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Cruiz, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cruiz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 376 boys in the UK were given Cruiz or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #173, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Cruiz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 2 | #6,114 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
Names like Cruiz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Crue, Luca, Perez, Iago, Rupert, Santiago, Ezra, Thiago, Victor, Arlo, Lorcan, Miguel
Other spellings of Cruiz
Names related to Cruiz
More Spanish names
Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cruiz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cruiz, updated 20 October 2026.