Crocifissa is from the Italian Crocifissa — feminine of Crocifisso — from the Latin crucifīxus (crucified, fixed to the cross). A modern American baby name in the broader Italian-Catholic heritage aesthetic. Crocifissa is one of the foundational Italian Catholic feminine devotion names — central to traditional southern Italian + Sicilian Catholic heritage. Foundational devotion to the Crocifisso di Pompei + Crucifix of San Damiano (one of the foundational Franciscan icons spoken to Saint Francis of Assisi c. 1205). Notable bearer: Blessed Maria Crocifissa Curcio (1877-1957) — foundational Italian Carmelite religious sister + founder of the Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Therese of the Child Jesus + beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005; Blessed Maria Crocifissa Satellico (1706-1745) — foundational Italian Poor Clare nun + beatified Pope Pius VI 1850. Foundational Italian feminine name reflecting Italian + Sicilian Catholic religious heritage.
Featured throughout Italian-Catholic heritage.
Crocifissa reduces to five.