Cruise (name)

Cruise (/kruːz/) is an Anglo-Norman surname which originated in England during Norman Conquest. It is a variant form of Cruse; others include Cruwys and Cruize. The surname Cruise was first found in Bedfordshire (Old English: Bedanfordscir), located in Southeast-central England, formerly part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia.[2]

Cruise
Pronunciation(/kruːz/)
Language(s)English
Origin
Language(s)Anglo-Norman
Word/nameOld English
Derivationderived from crus or cruse
Meaning"brave" or "fierce"[1]
Region of origin Ireland  England
Other names
Variant form(s)Cruse, Cruwys, Cruize

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.[3]

Frequency and distribution

People with the surname Cruise
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See also

References
  1. "Cruise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". house of names. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. "Cruise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". house of names. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. "Cruise Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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