Lacroix (surname)

Lacroix or La Croix is a French topographic surname meaning "the cross". It often referred to a person living near a market or roadside cross, or carrying a cross in a religious pageant.[1] Related names include Cross, LaCrosse, and Delacroix.[2]

Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

Fictional characters
  • Lucien LaCroix, character on Forever Knight
  • Sebastian LaCroix, from Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
  • Sebastian ‘Bash’ Lacroix, from Anne with an E
  • Eno LaCroix, a character from the webcomic Monsterkind [3]
  • Amelie Lacroix, a French sniper in the organization Talon from the Blizzard game Overwatch.

References
  1. Hanks, Patricks, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American family names. Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press. pp. 376–377. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4.
  2. Smith, Elsdon Coles (1969). American surnames (1st ed.). Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co. p. 236.
  3. C., Taylor. "Cast Page". Monsterkind.
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