Kru

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kru by the numbers

Kru was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kru

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 Kru. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kruz22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krue29 in the US (2017)
  • Kou5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kru

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

  • Crewincrease or growth; a group of people344 in the US (2017)
  • Crewefrom a place name, possibly related to crew or crook5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krew172 in the US (2017)
  • Cru64 in the US (2017)
  • Crue23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krewe5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kru

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