Angel

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Do you think this can be used as a girls middle name or, is it too sugary sweet? It is to honour a family member with a variation of the name Angel.

I know a male Angel, but I also love it for a girl too. Reminds me of an extremely pretty character in Home and Away in the 80s.

I know a male Angel. Why not Angela? You obviously have doubts hence asking, Angela is obviously honouring the person you want to but also a conventional girls name

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And it does in no way compare to Tinkerbell really.

Well no it’s not as bad as Tinkerbell but that was more at the commenters saying it’s fine but only as a middle name. It’s still their name! Regardless of the name I always think if you are honouring someone of the opposite sex you should give the correct sex name to the child. Like if my grandad was John and I wanted to honour him, I wouldn’t name my daughter John I’d call her Joanne, for example.

I know an Angel, doesn't suit her at all. But then i think of Angel strawbridge and i like it on her. So i would say it depends! Sorry thats not helpful is it!

People are being ridiculous. So Angel is a guy's name in spanish ? Alexis is a man's name exclusively in France, doesn't stop Brits and Americans using it as a girl's name.

And Angels are unisex, not male. The name "Ange" (angel in French) is unisex too.

Angel works fine as a middle name for anyone, boy or girl.

It's a lot to live up to

I wouldn’t say Ange is unisex in France. There were 207 boys called it in 2019 but only 11 girls, it’s definitely more of a male name (and it’s a masculine word).

Honestly as a middle name who actually cares. If she hates it then she just won’t tell anyone that’s her middle name. I think if you’re not sure about a name the middle name is the place for it.

Alexis is a man's name exclusively in France, doesn't stop Brits and Americans using it as a girl's name

It does stop many Brits - it's never been a popular girl's name here. The US influence (even when its Dynasty) doesn't always override European resonance.

But it's fine to use a male name as a middle name. It would be less nice as a main name

I know a 13 year old Angel . It’s fine as a name for a girl , especially to honour someone .

I like it!
Co workers daughter is called Angel and she really suits it.

I thought of Angel as being female long before I found out it was a Spanish male name. Like a pp I did spend my formative years watching home and away though. I absolutely love Anjali, which is an Indian girls name.

It's very twee and as you put it, sugary sweet.

Angela is much more classic and had the same meaning.

Like it a lot angela sounds dated

I really like Angelina.

If it's to honour an Angela, I'd just stick with Angela personally (since it's a middle name, it doesn't matter than it's now considered a touch dated imo). But then I've never really seen the point of honouring relatives by changing their names. If it's honouring an Angel (of either sex), then I think it's fine - it's still considered slightly feminine sounding in the UK anyway imo despite Angel's traditionally being depicted as men (and it being a male name elsewhere).