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Aggelos for baby boy?

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Purplemonkeyandbananas · 14/12/2022 14:09

Would you like the name Aggelos for a baby boy?

Does it sound too foreign?

It is pronounced as “Agg - eh - los”

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Findyourneutralspace · 23/12/2022 00:22

Is it culturally significant to you? I wouldn’t think twice about it as a name for a child with, say, Greek parents but I’m not sure for Mr and Mrs Smith from Yorkshire:

Talipesmum · 23/12/2022 00:18

I’ve never seen the name before. I’d pronounce it agg - ell - oss if no one told me otherwise.

Reading the thread, if it’s supposed to be pronounced angelos, I’d say there’s an extremely low chance of it being pronounced like that in the UK.

I’m not sure I like it as a name, pronounced the way I’d assume in England. Reminds me of aggravating, aggressive etc - kind of confrontational. Or the girls name Agatha (which is great but sounds quite witchy!) But that’s obviously very subjective. Angelos on the other hand makes me think “beautiful, angelic, calm, wise”.

mathanxiety · 23/12/2022 00:08

It would be mispronounced in the UK - agg-uh-los.

It should be Ang-gel-os, with a hard G.

Goawayangryman · 22/12/2022 23:59

I think it's fine, but I would spell it Angelos in England as that is closer to the Greek pronunciation and more friendly to anglophone ears. Your child will habe his name mispronounced as An-J-e-los a bit but I really wouldn't worry about that. People mispronounce many foreign language words and they either get if wrong once and correct themselves or get it wrong forever and mark themselves out as not very socially aware

TerraNostra · 22/12/2022 01:40

from what I can work out, “Aggelos” is a mis- transliteration of the Greek script, and a Greek who was saying the name and reading the Greek letters would say “Angelos” with an “n” followed by a hard “g” ( i.e. as in “gasp” not as in giraffe).

however the natural way to say “Aggelos” if following English spelling rules would not include an “n” sound before the hard g sound.

Are you Greek OP?

BeingHappy · 22/12/2022 01:36

Hi OP! I thought it sounded like something from one of Homer's epics which I quite liked! But then, I also agree with the shortened form of Aggy not sounding great.

Something which I hope you don't mind me sharing is the part about the foreign sounding name.. as beautiful as many foreign names are, my DH and I have chosen to give our DC more traditional Western names. Both DH and I are born and raised in the UK but have foreign names and our heritage is from a different culture but both of us have faced tricky work and social situations when it came to our names. Our DC's name work well for both western and our native culture but it is something to consider.
Just a few examples that I feel can get quite tiring:

  • having to correct the pronunciation of your name because it is unfamiliar and sometimes just giving up and settling with however they want to pronounce your name
  • having to always spell out your name because it's unfamiliar
  • politely agreeing to go along with decisions like "I'm just going to call you B (first initial of name) because I'll never be able to get your name right"
midsomermurderess · 22/12/2022 01:24

In Greek wouldn’t that double ‘g’ give you Angelos with a hard ‘g’? Obvs not in the UK though.

winonarose · 22/12/2022 00:42

Sorry but it reminds me of Argos

Ohlife2020 · 15/12/2022 23:58

I think it's a name too different that it might invite being made fun of by other children. That's the first principle when we chose the names for our DCs.

Redburnett · 15/12/2022 23:54

A definite no from me. Can you imagine a boy nick named Aggie?

HoratioNightboy · 15/12/2022 23:50

Assuming it's Greek, I would pronounce it like Angelos with a hard g, as when I studied classical Greek at school we were taught that double-gamma equated to "ng" in English.

zoopigi · 15/12/2022 20:04

The correct pronunciation of this name is an-geh+los

LisaJool · 14/12/2022 22:20

I always assumed this name was Angelo. On holiday in Greece there were always so many Angelos, is this name Aggelos and they anglicise it for foreigners, or is Angelo a different name?

RambamThankyouMam · 14/12/2022 22:14

Would you want to be called Aggelos?

RoseslnTheHospital · 14/12/2022 17:13

I might think it was a typo for Angelos if I saw it written down rather than heard it said. It sounds a little clunky in English, for me.

BlueSuffragette · 14/12/2022 17:12

Sorry but I reall don't like it.

Whataretheodds · 14/12/2022 17:09

"too foreign"?

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 14/12/2022 17:05

Nah.

Purplemagnolias · 14/12/2022 15:47

How is the name Aggelos pronounced in the UK?

Exactly how I it's written - Agg-eh-los

Rowen32 · 14/12/2022 14:29

It's too eggy or something..

Hopeyoursproutsarealreadyon · 14/12/2022 14:28

Aggy for any gender is awful.

MurderAtTheBeautyPageant · 14/12/2022 14:22

I wouldn't be crazy about it. Don't like the agg part. If he lost his temper he'd be Aggy Aggelos.

ofwarren · 14/12/2022 14:20

Purplemonkeyandbananas · 14/12/2022 14:19

Thank you all! How is the name Aggelos pronounced in the UK?

I'd pronounce how you said in your post.

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Purplemonkeyandbananas · 14/12/2022 14:19

Thank you all! How is the name Aggelos pronounced in the UK?

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VeryQuaintIrene · 14/12/2022 14:18

I like it, but yes, you need a Greek- sounding surname for it to work. Angelo's Jones or whatever doesn't sound quite right.