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Airlangga m Javanese
Means "jumping water" or "crossing water", from Indonesian air meaning "water" combined with Sanskrit लङ्घन (langhana) meaning "passing over, jumping, crossing". This was the name of the only raja of the 11th century kingdom of Kahuripan in present-day East Java.

Ankh-ef-en-khonsu m Ancient Egyptian
Means "the truth that has crossed over" in Egyptian.

Ayuna f Japanese
From Japanese 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 鮎 (ayu) meaning "freshwater trout, smelt", 安 (a) meaning "relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful", 杏 (a) meaning "apricot", 空 (a) meaning "sky", 彩 (a) meaning "colour", 朱 (a) meaning "vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody", 渉 (ayu) meaning "ford, go cross, transit, ferry, import, involve", 歩 (ayu) meaning "walk", 明 (a) meaning "bright, light", 有 (a) meaning "exist" or 晏 (a) meaning "late, quiet, sets (sun)", 佑 (yu) meaning "help, assist", 優 (yu) meaning "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness", 友 (yu) meaning "friend", 由 (yu) meaning "wherefore, a reason", 夕 (yu) meaning "evening", 結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten" or 夢 (yu) meaning "dream" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree", 那 (na) meaning "what", 南 (na) meaning "south" or 名 (na) meaning "name"... [more]

Chakana f Aymara
Means "Southern cross", an Andean symbol, in Aymara.

Croce f & m Italian (Rare)
Means "cross" in Italian, making it a cognate of Cruz.

Croix m Obscure
French cognate of Cruz, possibly taken from the name of St. Croix, the largest of the Virgin Islands (which was originally Santa Cruz, "Holy Cross" in Spanish, the name given by Columbus).

Cruces f Spanish
Plural form of Cruz, taken from the titles of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de las Cruces and Nuestra Señora de las Cruces, meaning "The Virgin of the Crosses" and "Our Lady of the Crosses" respectively.... [more]

Crucis f & m Various
Means "of the cross" in Latin (the genitive form of Crux), referring to the cross of the crucifixion. This is used as the second part of compound religious or monastic names, such as Maria Crucis ("Mary of the (Holy) Cross") and Johannes Crucis ("John of the Cross").... [more]

Crux m Astronomy
Latin for "cross". This is the name of a constellation in the southern hemisphere, commonly known as the Southern Cross.

Etsudō m Japanese (Rare)
Combination of 悦 (etsu) meaing "delight, pleasure, rejoicing" or 越 (etsu) meaning "crossing" and 堂 (dō) meaning "hall."... [more]

Fuaito m Japanese
From Japanese 渉 (fu) meaning "ford, go cross, transit, ferry, import, involve", 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person". Other kanji combinations are possible... [more]

Gakuto m Japanese
From Japanese 学 (gaku) meaning "study, learning, science", 岳 (gaku) meaning "point, peak, mountain" or 楽 (gaku) meaning "music, comfort, ease" combined with 乙 (to) meaning "the latter, duplicate, strange, witty", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up", 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation or 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate"... [more]

Garam f & m Mongolian
Means "ford, crossing" in Mongolian.

Gulijvar f Georgian (Rare)
Derived from the Georgian words გული (guli) meaning "heart" and ჯვარი (jvari) meaning "cross".

Guruzne f Basque
Derived from Basque gurutze "cross", this name is considered the Basque equivalent of Spanish Cruz.

Igaro f Basque
Derived from Basque igaro "to pass, to cross", this name is the Basque equivalent of Tránsito.

Izuko f Japanese
From Japanese 伊 (i) meaning "Iraq", 津 (zu) meaning "ferry crossing; ford" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Jae-seop m Korean
From Sino-Korean 在 (jae) meaning "to be present, in, at" or 材 (jae) meaning "timber" or "talent" combined with 涉 (seop) meaning "wade, experience, involved" / "to cross a stream" or 燮 (seop) meaning "blaze"... [more]

Je-ha m & f Korean
Combination of a je hanja, like 濟 meaning "cross; help, assist" or 祭 meaning "ancestral rites," and a ha hanja, such as 河 meaning "water; river, creek" or 夏 meaning "summer."

Junto m Japanese
From Japanese 准 (jun) meaning "quasi-, semi-, associate", 洵 (jun) meaning "alike, truth", 淳 (jun) meaning "pure", 潤 (jun) meaning "wet, be watered, profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep", 純 (jun) meaning "genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit)", 遵 (jun) meaning "abide by, follow, obey, learn" or 順 (jun) meaning "obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 人 (to) meaning "person", 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up" or 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything"... [more]

Khachig m Armenian
"little cross"

Khachuhi f Armenian
Means "little cross" in Armenian.

Kjaw m Burmese
Means "to climb over, to cross over", "to exceed" or "to be famous" in Burmese.

Koros f Shipibo-Conibo
Shipibo borrowing of the Spanish cruz meaning "cross".

Krastan m Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian кръст (krast) meaning "cross" (see Krastyo). This name is sometimes mistaken for a variant form of Kristiyan.... [more]

Kreuzwendedich m German (Rare, Archaic)
The Name is derived from the sentence Kreuz, wende Dich! "Cross, turn around". ... [more]

Križan m Croatian
Derived from the word križ meaning "cross". It is also used as a surname.

Kwamboka f Gusii
From Ekegusii tamboka, "to cross over"

Maho f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ma) meaning "love, affection" combined with 渉 (ho) meaning "to cross a body of water". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Masik m & f Greenlandic
From Greenlandic masik meaning "the curved cross-tree in front of the ring of a kayak" and from Greenlandic masik meaning "gills (of a fish)", depending per dialect.

Mizuto m Japanese
From Japanese 実 (mi) meaning "reality, truth", 水 (mizu) meaning "water" or 瑞 (mizu) meaning "congratulations", 事 (zu) meaning "matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly" combined with 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate", 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly"... [more]

Montford m American (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Montford meaning either "from a communal ford or water crossing" or "from Munda's ford," Munda being an old English personal name meaning "protector, guardian," as seen in names such as Edmund... [more]

Msimuko m & f Tumbuka
Means "crossing over" in Tumbuka.

Naru m & f Korean (Modern)
From native Korean 나루 (naru) meaning "(river) port, ferry crossing."

Obey m Igbo
From “obe” meaning “cross”.

Qaçhan m Karachay-Balkar
Either from къачхан (kaçhan) meaning "escaped, fugitive" or къач (kaç) meaning "cross" or "honour" and the Turkic title khan meaning "king, ruler".

Quillon m American (Rare)
Means "Crossed Swords" in French. Also the name of a town in Chile.

Reito m Japanese
From Japanese 伶 (rei) meaning "actor", 嶺 (rei) meaning "peak, summit", 怜 (rei) meaning "wise", 澪 (rei) meaning "water route, shipping channel", 玲 (rei) meaning "sound of jewels", 礼 (rei) meaning "salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration", 禮 (rei) meaning "social custom, manners, courtesy, rites", 羚 (rei) meaning "antelope", 鈴 (rei) meaning "bell", 零 (rei) meaning "zero", 麗 (rei) meaning "lovely, beautiful, graceful, resplendent" or 黎 (rei) meaning "dark, black, many" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 月 (to) meaning "moon", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up", 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything", 音 (to) meaning "sound", 仁 (to) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 飛 (to) meaning "fly", 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate", 土 (to) meaning "soil, earth, ground", 燈 (to) meaning "lamp, light" or 士 (to) meaning "gentleman, scholar, samurai"... [more]

Ryouto m Japanese
From Japanese 亮 (ryou) meaning "clear, help", 僚 (ryou) meaning "colleague, official, companion", 涼 (ryou) meaning "refreshing, nice, cool", 稜 (ryou) meaning "angle, edge, corner, power, majesty", 良 (ryou) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled", 諒 (ryou) meaning "fact, reality, understand, appreciate", 遼 (ryou) meaning "distant" or 崚 (ryou) meaning "mountains towering in a row" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 兎 (to) meaning "rabbit, hare", 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate", 菟 (to) meaning "dodder (plant)" or 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up"... [more]

Saito m Japanese
From Japanese 宰 (sai) meaning "superintend, manager, rule", 嵯 (sa) meaning "steep, craggy, rugged", 彩 (sai) meaning "colour", 才 (sai) meaning "genius, years old, cubic shaku", 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 祭 (sa) meaning "ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship" or 最 (sai) meaning "utmost, most, extreme" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 渡 (to) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up", 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything", 糸 (ito) meaning "thread", 仁 (to) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 図 (to) meaning "map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious" or 和 (to) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan"... [more]

Shouto m Japanese
From Japanese 奨 (shou) meaning "exhort, urge, encourage", 昇 (shou) meaning "rise up", 昭 (shou) meaning "shining, bright", 渉 (shou) meaning "ford, go cross, transit, ferry, import, involve", 省 (shou) meaning "focus, government ministry, conserve", 祥 (shou) meaning "auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune", 笙 (shou) meaning "a reed instrument" or 翔 (shou) meaning "soar, fly" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation or 人 (to) meaning "person"... [more]

Staurakios m Late Greek, History
The first element of this name is derived from the Greek noun σταυρός (stauros), which originally meant "upright pale, upright stake" but nowadays has the meaning of "cross". Also see Stavros... [more]

Staurophilos m Late Greek
Means "friend of the cross" in Greek, derived from the Greek noun σταυρός (stauros) meaning "cross, crucifix" (see Stavros) combined with the Greek noun φίλος (philos) meaning "friend, lover".... [more]

Trajectina f German (Rare, Archaic), Dutch (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from Latin traiectum "crossing (of a river)". It was the name of two Dutch cities, Utrecht and Maastricht (Mosa Traiectum).... [more]

Trejú f Romani (Caló)
Means "cross" in Caló, referring to the cross of crucifixion. Trejú is the Caló form of Cruz.

Watari m & f Japanese (Rare)
This is, essentially, a variant of Wataru (compare Hikari to Hikaru and Nozomi to Nozomu).... [more]

Wataru m Japanese
Derived from the Japanese kanji 渉 (wataru) meaning "to ford or to cross a body of water" or 亘 (wataru) meaning "span, request" or 渡 (wataru) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross" or 航 (wataru) meaning "navigate"... [more]

Xyla f English (American, Modern, Rare), Filipino
Possibly an invented name, perhaps based on Greek ξύλον (xylon) meaning "wood", a word used in the New Testament to mean "the Cross".

Xylina f English (Rare), African American (Rare)
Modern name coined in the early 20th century either as a variant of Xylia or directly from Greek ξύλινος (xylinos) meaning "wooden; of wood" (a derivative of ξύλον (xylon) "wood", a word used in the New Testament to mean "the Cross")... [more]