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Cross

in Rhode Island

There are 122 people with the last name "Cross" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Cross 1,113
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  1. is 1,109th most common Nickerson
  2. is 1,110th most common Perron
  3. is 1,111th most common Rich
  4. is 1,112th most common Whitman
  5. is 1,113th most common Cross
  6. is 1,114th most common Giron
  7. is 1,115th most common Guerrero
  8. is 1,116th most common Lavigne
  9. is 1,117th most common Levin

Similar Names and Nicknames

Cruz, Crosby, Crossley, Crossman, Cruse, Crossland, Crosson, Cress, Criss, Crosier

Most Common First Names for Cross

James, Robert, Charles, David, Deming, Michael, Alexandra, Anne, Donald, Dorothy

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a stone cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, from Old Norse kross (via Gaelic from Latin crux, genitive crucis), which in Middle English quickly and comprehensively displaced the Old English form crūc (see Crouch). In a few cases the surname may have been given originally to someone who lived by a crossroads, but this sense of the word seems to have been a comparatively late development. In other cases, the surname (and its European cognates) may have denoted someone who carried the cross in processions of the Christian Church, but in English at least the usual word for this sense was Crozier.

Irish: reduced form of McCrossen.

In North America this name has absorbed examples of cognate names from other languages, such as French Lacroix.

Recent Searches for "Cross" in Rhode Island

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James Cross, RI (7 searches)
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