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the de la Croix Surname
It has once been said to me, by a "Professional Heraldrist", that the name 'de la Croix' is common. This may be true when one looks at all the variations of the name in all the respective languages. But the origin of the name is still independent to the family line the name belongs to. There are some 'de la Croix' or Lacroix's etc, that for example, have taken it because the fief that they governed happened to be known as 'de la Croix', or even some were named as such due to their responsibilities with the Church. "Crozier" for instance is a person who carried the cross in a procession at a Church gathering
Each family posses's their own history and accomplishments!
Pronunciation
Many people actually pronounce the surname, and its variations wrong. It can get extremely frustrating when people persist in pronouncing the name incorrectly, despite informing them of the correct way.
I have heard: (written out the way of pronunciation)
1. della krux
2. de la krwaix
3. de la kraz
4. and so on...
The correct way to pronounce "de la Croix" is as follows:
du-la-krwä'
This is ofcourse for the French form of the name, the same applies for other variations of the surname (in French).
Delcroix - del-krwä'
Delecroix - de-le-krwä'
(This is a form that is generally only found in North France, such as in the provinces of Pas de Calais, or Nord etc.)
Lacroix - lakrwä'
de Lacroix - du-lakrwä'
There are other variations of the surname, and these are again pronounced differently, a list below indicates only some of the known variations of the surname 'Croix, de la Croix' etc. Incidentally, the German form of the name is:
von Creutz
Pronunciation is similar to that of the French way as follows:
von -krwoy'tz
Variations
Within the variations of the name is the inherent meaning. All have something to do with a cross. Some of the English surnames come from, according to one source, a place or occupation the person or persons may have lived or had. Take for example the surname 'Cross', some forms of this name have been adhered to simply because the person (or family) lived next to or near a "cross" road or even a Church.
The simple meaning of 'de la Croix' is "of the cross" or "from the Cross". Some families have exotic stories of how the name came to pass, whilst others took it because of circumstances respective to them.
A family line in France was known at the beginning of the 15th century as 'de Querret'. Sometime in the 1400's, Jean de Querret, bought or was granted a fief of the name "de la Croix", thus becoming the "Seigneur's de la Croix". Thus subsequent descendants of the Jean de Querret (dit de la Croix), then took the name 'de la Croix' and passed it on.
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English |
French |
German |
Other |
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Cruse |
de la Croix |
Kreutz |
van de Kreys |
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Cruise |
la Croix |
Creuz |
van de Kreuz |
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Crouch |
Croix |
von/m Creutz |
van Kreuz/Cross/ |
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Crutch |
Delcroix |
von/m Kreutz |
Croce |
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Crutcher |
Delecroix |
Kreuz |
DellaCroce |
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Crossley |
Dela Croix |
Greutz |
Croci |
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Norcross |
Della Croix |
Creutzin |
Cruz |
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Croy |
Delacroix |
Creutzen |
Vercruysse |
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Gray |
de le Croix |
Kreutzin |
Krzyzaniak |
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Grey |
le Croix |
Kreutzer |
Van der Kruijs |
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de Lacroix |
Kreuziger |
de la Cruce |
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De La Croix |
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de Cruce |
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Del Croix |
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de Cruz |
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de Croix |
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de la Cruz |
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de Croy |
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Santa Cruz
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de la Croyz |
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Crux |
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De(la)Croix |
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de la Crux |
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Croux |
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de Cruci |
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Lacroux |
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Lacrouts |
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De(la)croux |
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Ste Croix |
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Sainte Croix |
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Crox |
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