Angel

[LemonLovesLilac]

I have been considering this for a dd should I have one! What do you think? Is it a chav ahem common name? It would be after a family member called Angelo ( please don't suggest Angela) so if I don't use Angel I will probably just use Angelo as a mn should I have a ds!

I've only ever met one. She was at 6th form with me, nice girl. The teachers were forever getting confused and assuming someone had missed at "a" off the end or something though! I don't think you'd have that problem now that slightly "different" names are more common.

I personally wouldn't, it's a bit err silly.

Angeline/a, Angelica, Angelique.

I used to work with someone called Angel. I thought it was a typo initially, but soon got used to it.
The main issue I would say might be that it's a fairly common Spanish boys name.

Don't like it personally.

It would be cruel.

No, it just sounds silly on anyone older than about 6 months.

Angelita!

Otherwise all I think of is Buffy

Angelica is nice...

I actually had previously thought it would be silly on an older person however I saw an old lady called Angel on an episode of Kirsties Homemade Christmas last year she owns the shop Tobias and the Angel, and it really really suited her and that made me reconsider and keep it in mind as an option! So I think like all names it is something that a person just grows into and other people just accept! It's still just a consideration though.....on a long LONG list

I don't like it, it's the kind of name a Hollyoaks 'star' would call their child. I'd put it on a par with Honey.

It just makes me think of Angel from Home and Away :)

Always thought it was a (fairly common) male hispanic name.

Not on MN I've noticed, but on other sites they refer to 'angel babies', ones that have died pre-term.

I would assume Angel was a boy (as in Tess of the d'Urbervilles, or Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or much of Latin America).

Please don't I once came across an 'Aingeal'

What's wrong with Angela? I love that name!

Aingeal is the Irish for Angel although it's pronounced Angle, so not the nicest alright!

I didn't know that sqoosh, sorry

In this case, it was pronounced 'Angel' and it looked like a creative spelling.

No need for the apology, it's a horrible sound, angle. Even worse than Angel!

I am not a fan of it as a girl's name - though quite cute as a boy's name if you have a Latin American background.

I am glad someone else mentioned the link with stillbirth. Since spending time on the internet, that is what a baby called 'Angel' would bring to mind. Which obviously isn't the best association .

Angeline is lovely, as are Angelina and Angelica.

Angelica is lovely - you could always shorten to Angel when she's little ?

Reminds me of that girl from Home & Away years ago. Fine as a NN but not sure about it as a proper name

I love it with a french accent. ONjel. could you force everybody to say it like that?

I like Angel.

How about Evangeline? Or Angeline? Then you could still uses Angel, but would not be stuck with it, if you (or your dd) decided against it later on.

Not unheard of in the U.S. among Hispanics/Latinos, more a male name though, but also some girls have that name. Doesn't raise any eyebrows, fairly normal.

So is naming their sons Jesus, all over Latin American countries, U.S. and Spain very normal and popular, but in the UK or some other countries, not so sure.