Meaning and formation
Dela Cruz means “of the cross”, from Spanish de la Cruz. The surname refers to the Holy Cross and includes de, “of”, la, “the”, and cruz, “cross”. In Philippine use, the words may be written as de la Cruz, dela Cruz or the joined form Delacruz. Those spellings preserve the cross reference while changing the spacing of the particles. The name was used as a religious surname during the Spanish colonial period. The actress Angelika Dela Cruz is the daughter of Ernie Dela Cruz.
Spelling variants
- de la Cruz · Spelling source ↗
- Delacruz · Spelling source ↗
Dictionary pronunciation
- Tagalog: /deˌla ˈkɾus/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Tagalog: /de la ˈkɾus/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Cebuano: /ˌdela ˈkɾus/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /delaˈkɾuθ/ · /delaˈkɾus/ · Wiktionary ↗
- Spanish: /de la ˈkɾuθ/ · /de la ˈkɾus/ · Wiktionary ↗
Public figures with this surname
Elected officials in the 2001 list
Dela Cruz has 64 records in the OpenHalalan transcription of the 2001 COMELEC elected-candidate lists.
OpenHalalan — 2001 ↗Contains information from OpenHalalan by Robert R. Leung, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0. ODbL 1.0 ↗ · Download surname counts