An English surname, the Cross family name is from the Old English term of ‘cruc’ and the Latin term of ‘crux’ which refers to a person living near a stone cross. It can also refer to an individual who carried the cross in a religious procession.

Spelling variations for Cross included Crozier, Croise, Crosse, Croice, Croce, McCrossen and in French it is Lacroix.
In England the Cross family name is primarily in Lancashire, Yorkshire, London, Essex and Somerset. The Cross surname is scattered across most of Scotland, but mostly in Lanarkshire.

The Cross family name in the United States is mostly in Illinois, Ohio, New York, California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Iowa and Michigan.


Famous: Ben Cross (English actor), Edward Ephraim Cross (Civil War Colonel for the Union Army), Howard Cross (professional football player), Marcia Cross (actress), Richard Cross (opera singer), Zora Cross ( poet from Australia), Ronald Anthony Cross (author) and Lave Cross (professional baseball player).