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Help[Facts] Re: Cruz in Portuguese
in reply to a message by Ylajali
Cruz isn't used as a given name in Portuguese: it's first and foremost a surname.
In Portugal, you can't legally give your child the first name Cruz. However, devoted parents may add "da Cruz" (literally "of the Cross") to their children's names (of both genders) — this would be uncommon nowadays. Thus, theoretically, a woman named "Maria da Cruz" could be called Cruz en famille. Cruz itself is a feminine word, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be used as a male name.
Florence Maud - Mary Valentine ("May") - Ada Imogen - Clementine Everly - Sophia Eleanor - Lucy Beatrice ("Lou") | Henry Valerian - Maxence George - Benedict Louis - Emory Willian - John Arthur ("Jack") - Frederick Darcy
In Portugal, you can't legally give your child the first name Cruz. However, devoted parents may add "da Cruz" (literally "of the Cross") to their children's names (of both genders) — this would be uncommon nowadays. Thus, theoretically, a woman named "Maria da Cruz" could be called Cruz en famille. Cruz itself is a feminine word, but that doesn't mean it couldn't be used as a male name.
Florence Maud - Mary Valentine ("May") - Ada Imogen - Clementine Everly - Sophia Eleanor - Lucy Beatrice ("Lou") | Henry Valerian - Maxence George - Benedict Louis - Emory Willian - John Arthur ("Jack") - Frederick Darcy
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