Crusoe

Literary surname
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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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The name Crusoe in Pop Culture

  • "Robinson Crusoe
    " novel by Daniel Defoe