Crusoe
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Updated Sun Mar 16 2025
Crusoe Origin and Meaning
The name Crusoe is a boy's name of English origin.
Crusoe, as in castaway hero Robinson, is a literary invention by author Daniel Defoe. The character says his name is an Anglicization of the German Kreutznaer, which may be a place name or mean a crossing of the river Nahe. Short form Cru was given to over 100 boys in the US in a recent year, but Crusoe to none.
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- "Robinson Crusoe" novel by Daniel Defoe