Lacroix (surname) explained

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

• Adon Lacroix, (1887–1975) Belgian Artist, Poet, and Muse, First Wife of the Artist Man Ray
• Alphonse Lacroix, (ice hockey) silver medalist, 1924 Olympics
• André Lacroix (businessman) (born 1960)
• André Lacroix (ice hockey) (born 1945)
• André Lacroix (tennis) (1908–1992)
• Anne-Marie Lacroix (1732–1802), French writer
• Antoine Lacroix (1863–1948), mineralogist and geologist
• Caroline Lacroix (1883–1948), royal mistress
• Charles de la Croix (1792–1869), missionary
• Christian Lacroix (born 1951), fashion
• Gérald Lacroix (born 1957), cardinal and archbishop of Quebec
• Joe Betts-LaCroix (born 1962), computer industry
• Léo Lacroix (footballer) (born 1992)
• Lisa LaCroix, actress
• Luc M. Lacroix
• Marc Lacroix (disambiguation), multiple people
• Maxence Lacroix, French association football player
• Pat LaCroix (born 1938), musician and photographer
• Paul Lacroix (1806–1884), author and journalist
• Pierre Lacroix (disambiguation), multiple people
• Remy LaCroix (born 1988), pornographic actress
• Robert Lacroix (born 1940), professor of economics
• Sébastien Lacroix (born 1983), Nordic Olympian skier
• Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765–1843), French mathematician
• Thibault Lacroix (born 1985), rugby union player
• Thierry Lacroix (born 1967), rugby union player
• Vincent Lacroix, former Quebec businessman, head of the Norbourg scandal

Fictional characters

• Lucien LaCroix, character on Forever Knight.
• Sebastian LaCroix, from .
• 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.

Notes and References

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