Tsuru (鶴) is a Japanese name. It means crane, and is used as a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name Tsuru Aoki (1892–1961), Japanese stage and silent film actress Tsuru Morimoto (born 1970), Japanese football player
Surname Ayako Tsuru (born 1941), Mexican artist of Japanese descent Hiromi Tsuru (1960–2017), Japanese voice actress Kiso Tsuru (1894–1966), Japanese philanthropist Naoto Tsuru (born 1987), Japanese baseball player Norihiro Tsuru, Japanese violinist and composer Shigeto Tsuru (1912–2006), Japanese economist and politician Toshiyuki Tsuru, anime director