boys name...what do we think of castiel?

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my OH likes Cas for a boy I said excitedly we can call him castiel (Cas-ste-el) also after an angel in a tv show, and it means shield of God. Just curious what's are folks thoughts on the name...

I've never seen supernatural so can't comment on that but the name makes me think of a cheap lager (!)

Jensen? Jared?

(Use Castiel!)

How odd. There is another thread from today suggesting the name Castiel. But the OP's partner had already had the baby.

Lucas, Cas for short. No to Castiel.

Cas is a perfectly good name on it's own. Castiel just sounds made up or like a misspelling of castle. So, basically I think the same as everyone else.

My OH suggested this for our as yet unborn son (yep, Supernatural fan!), as we already have a Gabriel and we wanted something that went nicely but wasn't TOO similar. I hated it - I'm so glad it's not just me who finds it weirdly unpronounceable and almost 'made up'!

I know this is an old post but our DS was born in 2014 and we named him Castiel. We did have reservations as he's never going to find his name on a Diet Coke bottle but he loves his name and the majority of people always comment that it is really lovely and unique. The decider vote was when we Googled name meanings and one came up as being the Angel of Thursday which is the day he was born. He's Cas for short.

My guess was that it was Casteel like the Knight's Castille soap.

Awesome 🙌

Are you the OP? I think it's a great name. Hope he loves it too.

I also thought of the (cheap and not nice) soap.

I'd be wary of using so obvious a pop culture name personally- I doubt anyone's heard of Castiel outside of Supernatural.

If you like Cas for a boy, most longer versions aren't overly popular but still better known as "real" names than Castiel. My personal fave is Caspian (a sea/nature name as much as a literary character) but Roman names Cassian and Cassius are quite nice too as well as international Casper.

Oh, should've checked this wasn't an old thread - glad your DS loves his name! 😀

I liked it because I thought it was based on a real Angel but realised it was from a TV show it sort of lost its charm for me too. How about Cassiel? Cassiel is an Angel from Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition.

Oh 😑 zombie thread 🧟‍♀️

Castiel and Cassiel are both names I like. They have good meanings and history

Also ..
Caspar
Cassius
Casimir