Thoughts on Cielo for a boy?

Julian Flores sounds good

Cielo - I think the pronunciation would be quite difficult for UK relatives. I really don’t think it’d work in my accent. Could you ask a couple of friends to try pronouncing the names on your list and see if you’re ok with them.
Have you got a nickname in mind?

If you’re using Flores as the surname, why not “Sky” as a first name to reflect the cultural mix and stop it sounding too much like a perfume brand. And it sounds a lot like Kai (though if you really like Kai just ignore your grandma).

I love Angel, but if you’re in the UK you’ll need to be ok with it being pronounced as the English word. Colleagues, friends etc will be able to cope with the Spanish pronunciation but strangers are almost always going to get it wrong. I quite like it with the English pronunciation too though.

Other ideas… there’s a Rodrigo in my DDs class who everyone calls Guigo which I think is really cute.

These replies are very harsh. Society and schools nowadays are far more multicultural than in the past and I think most kids wouldn't bat an eyelid at the name Cielo. If it's a name from your culture and you don't mind the possible pronunciation issues, I think it's fine.

In Italian it’s Chaylow with the emphasis on the first syllable.

No, don't use it. It does mean "sky" in Spanish but it's also used as a term if endearment. Equivalent of naming your child "darling"...

It's sielo and chielo not sello and cello

"here's a tube of cielo, and some caneston combi tablets to calm the itch..."

Come back in a week...

Cielo, as other posters have said, is either a rubbish car from the 90s or a pessary... It's not good for a human name

Cielo Flores? Literally Sky Flowers? No.

The same word is pronounced more like Che low in Italian so anyone who doesn’t realise it’s Spanish rather than Italian will pronounce it wrong, as will most English speakers if they don’t know any Spanish, probably

I don’t hate it but I think it’ll be annoying for him.
I think Kai and Cairo are awful, I’m not a fan of angel, I think Julian is a bit wet personally but I wouldn’t judge it. I’d assume French not Spanish with Claude though I do like it and Casper is quite popular now.

Is there a reason you’re not going with the more ‘classic’ Spanish names like Alejandro, mateo, Lucas, Carlos or cesar, that would all work easily in the uk if that’s the main aim?

if you’re not bothered about it being Spanish some similar vibe names to cielo might be enzo, Leo, Elias, rafe, Jovan

We knew a 14-year old Angel and he wasn’t teased at all. Kids are accepting of different names and adults should be too. If kids are going to tease then they’ll find any way to do it.

It’s not like that at all. Means sky and pronounced Sello in Spanish and Cello (like the instrument) in Italian.

It’s not just the English speakers, it’s the Italian speakers!

Although admittedly there are unlikely to be too many.

I think it’s cool. So what if he has to help a few English speakers pronounce it? It’s not hard to say once you know it. I vote Cielo!!

Yes, in my family we have little Kia, Caddy, Shogun and 207. (Thankfully they are cars, not children.)

Kai is better.

Makes me think of Sharon Tate unfortunately so it’s a no from me.

It's also Spanish for sky with an O on the end, which would be pronounced the way OP said.

No. It’s not pronounced the way you said. It’s Italian for sky.
Any of the others you suggested would be better.

Not unless you live in a country where people will pronounce it properly. Nice name though.

Live in Sydney. I taught a brother and sister who had been born in Cuba. Dad was Cuban and mum Australian. The girl was called Paloma which was lovely, but not very unusual, but he was Cielo which I thought was most striking. He used a pronunciation like Se-ello. He was only about seven and I was only at the school another couple of years, but in the time I was there, none of the kids or teachers thought twice about it, or had any problem with it. I very much doubt there would have been a problem at high school, because there were a lot of interesting and unusual names.

It's the name of a clothing range and where I live it's also the name of a furniture chain.

So I immediately thought of couches.

I think people would struggle to pronounce that one. I'd go with Casper or Julian from your list.

I had a car 20 odd years ago that was a Daewoo Cielo. Some cars are worth naming your children after, this one was not.

Are you raising the child in the uk? If so Cielo and Angel are completely inappropriate as nobody will pronounce them correctly.
Of your others I like Casper, Claude and even Cairo is quite cool.

As far as I’m aware I think it’s used as a term of endearment in Spanish for a romantic partner, similar to how in English you might call your other half “honey”.