Given name & surname
Kruse
Kruse is a surname. It is used in English, German, and Danish.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kruse isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kruse through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 76 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 19,807 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kruse’s family of names
In German usage, Kruse as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Finnish form Ruusila. In German usage, Kruse as a surname has a related form in CRUSE. In German usage, Kruse as a surname has a related form in CRUSIUS.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Crusevariant · German
- Kraussevariant · German
- Kraussvariant · German
- Krausvariant · German
- Krausevariant · German
- Krüsivariant · German
- Krusemannvariant · German
- Krusvariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
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