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With the Beckhams naming their son Cruz, I decided to check something out. Even though this site says it's a feminine name, the U.S. popularity lists show it only as a male name in recent years (it was on the girl's charts decades ago though). The link below shows this:
http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?extra=p&terms=cruz
Other than that, what's your opinion on the name in general?
http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?extra=p&terms=cruz
Other than that, what's your opinion on the name in general?
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In Spain it's only femenine. Believe me, the spanish law says a name CAN'T be ambiguous with gender, so names here are femenine or masculine, but never unisex. Imagine the teasing if he ever goes to school in Spain with spanish children.
The name itself could work on a boy, but I don't like it for boy or girl. Don't like the meaning, don't like the sound (and it's CROOTH where they live, the -th like in "thunder"), and in Spain we can't forget the femenine thing.
The name itself could work on a boy, but I don't like it for boy or girl. Don't like the meaning, don't like the sound (and it's CROOTH where they live, the -th like in "thunder"), and in Spain we can't forget the femenine thing.
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I know nobody with the name, but it sounds like a male name to me. Could go either way though.
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I don't care for it. It doesn't really fit in with Brooklyn and Romeo that well, either (not that that's saying much, lol). I was surprised by their choice. I must say, though, that if I had to name my son Brooklyn, Romeo or Cruz, I'd have to go with Cruz.
Does it remind anyone else of the character from the 1980's soap opera "Santa Barbara"? (Or am I just old? lol) A Martinez played Cruz Castillo, and he was so cool. :)
Does it remind anyone else of the character from the 1980's soap opera "Santa Barbara"? (Or am I just old? lol) A Martinez played Cruz Castillo, and he was so cool. :)
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Hi, Isla ~
The 2 guys named Cruz that I know were born mid-to-late 80's; I know for certain that one of them was named for Cruz on the soap.
That's the first I'd ever heard it as a first name, so, yes, that's what it reminds me of even though I never saw that show. I didn't know until yesterday that it was considered a feminine name.
DH
The 2 guys named Cruz that I know were born mid-to-late 80's; I know for certain that one of them was named for Cruz on the soap.
That's the first I'd ever heard it as a first name, so, yes, that's what it reminds me of even though I never saw that show. I didn't know until yesterday that it was considered a feminine name.
DH
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Although I know the Spanish meaning, I don't speak the language so I instinctively think more of the English word "cruise", which would be very trendy-sounding as a name.
I prefer Cruz on a girl, but I think it also works well on a boy.
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I prefer Cruz on a girl, but I think it also works well on a boy.
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Seems like it's switched "the other way" doesn't it? Cool..
[eta: probably because it's a surname.. whatever. It's a feminine concept, "la cruz" .. doesn't matter to me, but what do I know. The sound alone could suit a man or woman as far as I am concerned; I like it.]
It's great by me, if the named has some connection to the religious motivation for using the name. The word makes that motivation sharply obvious to me, anyway, and it seems inappropriate to me, to use the name for another reason. I mean, a cross? That's gruesome, and it better have religious meaning. However I don't know if it seems that way to Spanish speakers. Maybe it's like Michael - we've been soaking in it so long, it isn't necessarily taken to be religious.
I have no idea how that would apply to the Beckhams. They seem to be rather superficial about naming, though. I wouldn't be surprised if they just picked it to "be Spanish" or appear to "honor the Spanish," or something like that -- since they have an interest in their image in Spain at this point, I'd guess. It does seem superficial to me for them to use it.
E again ta: I'm assuming, though. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. Probably, they know someone named Cruz and it was meant to honor that person.
Gosh, I'm so addicted to this editing feature. It's becoming a vice!
- chazda
"I don't want to look like a loser for the rest of my life!" ~ Georgia Ford, on needing a signature
[eta: probably because it's a surname.. whatever. It's a feminine concept, "la cruz" .. doesn't matter to me, but what do I know. The sound alone could suit a man or woman as far as I am concerned; I like it.]
It's great by me, if the named has some connection to the religious motivation for using the name. The word makes that motivation sharply obvious to me, anyway, and it seems inappropriate to me, to use the name for another reason. I mean, a cross? That's gruesome, and it better have religious meaning. However I don't know if it seems that way to Spanish speakers. Maybe it's like Michael - we've been soaking in it so long, it isn't necessarily taken to be religious.
I have no idea how that would apply to the Beckhams. They seem to be rather superficial about naming, though. I wouldn't be surprised if they just picked it to "be Spanish" or appear to "honor the Spanish," or something like that -- since they have an interest in their image in Spain at this point, I'd guess. It does seem superficial to me for them to use it.
E again ta: I'm assuming, though. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt. Probably, they know someone named Cruz and it was meant to honor that person.
Gosh, I'm so addicted to this editing feature. It's becoming a vice!
- chazda
"I don't want to look like a loser for the rest of my life!" ~ Georgia Ford, on needing a signatureThis message was edited 2/20/2005, 12:52 PM
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If I didn't click the hyperlink for the name, I would have thought it to be a masculine name. Perhaps because of it's surname-y feel (like actress Penelope Cruz), and it isn't at all feminine (to me).
Anyway, I don't care for it. It just doesn't feel like a name to me, and I keep thinking of crust.
-Lissa Hannah-
As soon as tradition has come to be recognized as tradition, it is dead. - Allan Bloom
Anyway, I don't care for it. It just doesn't feel like a name to me, and I keep thinking of crust.
-Lissa Hannah-
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