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Cruise (name)

Field	Value
name	Cruise
pronunciation	()
language	English
languageorigin	Anglo-Norman
origin	Old English
region	Ireland England
derivation	derived from crus or cruse
meaning	"brave" or "fierce"
variant	Cruse, Cruwys, Cruize, Cruice

Cruise () is an Anglo-Norman surname which originated in England during Norman Conquest. It is a variant form of Cruce, Cruys, Cruse; others include Cruwys (Welsh) and Cruize. The surname Cruise was found in Bedfordshire (Old English: Bedanfordscir), located in Southeast-central England, formerly part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.

In Ireland, Cruise is an old surname of Anglo-Norman origin which has been present there since the Anglo-Norman invasion in 1169. The family held lands in Counties Dublin and Meath. In early records the name is mostly spelled de Cruys/Cruys, and sometimes Cruce or Crues, but the spelling evolved to Cruise, and this is now the predominant spelling of the surname in Ireland today. Some time before 1176 Augustino de Cruce witnessed a grant by Strongbow of land in Dublin, and this is the earliest reference to the surname in Ireland found to date.

Frequency and distribution

Most prevalent in: USA United States with 4,682 people.
Highest density in: Ireland Republic of Ireland 506 people (a frequency of 1:9,306) and 1,280th most common surname.

People with the surname Cruise

Alana Cruise (1981–2025), American pornographic actress
Conor Cruise O'Brien (1917–2008), Irish politician
Jack Cruise (1915–1979), Irish comedian and actor
Julee Cruise (1956–2022), American singer
Tom Cruise (born 1962), American actor and film producer ('Cruise' being his middle name.)

References

(January 2000). "Cruise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms".
(January 2000). "Cruise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms".
T. Gilbert (ed.), Register of the abbey of St Thomas, Dublin (London, 1889), 370. Cited in An Archaeological and Historical Assessment of Cruicetown Church and Graveyard, Cruicetown, Co. Meath. Commissioned by the Cruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committee and carried out by [[the Discovery Programme]]'s Medieval Rural Settlement Project, issued 27 May 2005.
"Cruise Surname Meaning & Statistics".

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