Cruise

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Cruise by the numbers

Cruise was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Cruise

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Cruise. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cruize4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cruzecross; a modern respelling of Cruz34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chaisechair, seat28 in the US (2017)
  • Cristfollower of Christ or variant of Crispin10 in the US (2017)
  • Crisscurly-haired; a form of Crispin8 in the US (2017)
  • Cruiz6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Cruise

Names that are said the same way as Cruise, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Crews9 in the US (2017)
  • Kruse7 in the US (2017)
  • Kruise3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Cruise

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