The Lacroux Family Name

Lacroux is best understood together with Lacroix: both are French spellings of one family name. The family name meaning is “Cross, crossroads”, the same as for Lacroix. Before spelling was fixed, Lacroix was also written Lacroux. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Related forms: Delacroix and Croix.

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