Cross

A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.

Proper noun Christianity

  1. The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.

    Synonyms: Holy Cross True Cross Crucifix

  2. A number of places with the name "Cross":

    1. A place in the United Kingdom:

      A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062).

    2. A place in the United Kingdom:

      A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067)

    3. A place in the United Kingdom:

      A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539).

    4. A place in the United Kingdom:

      A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034).

    5. A place in the United Kingdom:

      A hamlet in Ellesmere Rural parish and Ellesmere Urban parish, north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936).

    6. A place in the United Kingdom:

      A village in Compton Bishop parish, Somerset, England, previously in Sedgemoor district (OS grid ref ST4154).

    7. A place in Ireland:

      A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.

    8. A place in Ireland:

      A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois.

    9. A place in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.

    10. A place in the United States:

      An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.

    11. A place in the United States:

      A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States.

    12. A barangay of Glan, Sarangani, Philippines.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun cross, as in crossroads. Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as French Lacroix, German Kreutz, Serbo-Croatian Križ. Compare Crouch, Crozier, Kriz. * As an Irish surname, shortened from McCrossen. * As a German surname, Americanized from Kross, from Middle Low German krus (“pitcher, vessel”), which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher, pail, urn”). Also a variant of Kress.

Derived

Holy Cross St Cross

Proper noun Entry 2

  1. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.
    • Max Cross cut a fine figure as the Colonel, Percy Penny was a somewhat unducal Duke, while Edgar McHale gave a particularly good rendering of the Major. - 1922, Musical News and Herald, volumes 62-63, page 780:

Related

Crozier Kreuzer

Derived

Cross County Cross-McKusick-Breen syndrome Cross syndrome Crossville