Kruz

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 22 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
22
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1276
22 babies

Kruz by the numbers

In 2025, 22 babies in England and Wales were named Kruz. In the US, 115 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 149 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kruz

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

  • Kruze9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Krue29 in the US (2017)
  • Kru12 in the US (2017)
  • Kruiz3 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Kruz

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

  • Cruzcross258 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cruzecross; a modern respelling of Cruz34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cruiz6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cruize4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kruize4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kruz

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