# Anyone Out There Called Cruz ?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-called-cruz/291196>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 21, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-called-cruz/291196 "2005-02-21T16:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-called-cruz/291196/21 "2005-02-23T04:50:24Z")

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> I’d say that the comment about the name being difficult to pronounce comes from the notion that the speaker was aimer her remarks at a UK audience.

If British people can figure out how to pronounce “Cholmondeley” I have confidence they can master “Cruz”.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-out-there-called-cruz/291196/22 "2005-02-23T07:08:22Z")

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Incidentally, there’s nothing impossible about a feminine noun (cruz) being used as a man’s name. Several masculine nouns are used as women’s names, such as Consuelo (‘consolation’), Pilar (‘pillar’ - refers to La Virgen del Pilar in Zaragoza), Dolores (‘pains’), Rosario (‘rosary’), and so forth.

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