What Does my name say about me?

Question

My name is Joel Cruz

Answer 1

Nothing whatsoever. If you were adopted, it doesn't reflect on your gene structure; if your ancestors moved about the face of the Earth, it would not necessarily reflect on your culture, either.

Names are like product packaging; some settling of contents has no doubt occurred.

The search needs to be based on documents. It's forensic science.

Happy hunting!

Answer 2

I found this on www.ancestry,com for you,

Cruz Name Meaning and History

Spanish and Portuguese: from a common and widespread religious Christian personal name from cruz ‘cross’ (Latin crux), or a habitational name from any of numerous places named Cruz or La Cruz, from this word.

Joel

Biblical name, composed of two different Hebrew elements, Yah(weh) and El, both of which mean “God”; the implication of the name is that the Hebrew God, Yahweh, is the only true god. This is a common name in the Bible, being borne by, among others, one of King David's “mighty men” (1 Chronicles 11: 38), and by a minor prophet who lived in the  8th century BC. The book of the Bible of which the latter was author interprets a plague of locusts as a punishment from God and uses it as an occasion for a call to repentance. The name has been perennially popular among Jews, and was also very popular among the Puritans and other Christian fundamentalists. It is still used in America, where it seems to be enjoying a modest revival of popularity. In Britain, however, it is not common. Cognate: French: Joël (currently a fashionable given name).

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