Angel for a boy

[SquishingWell]

personally love it for girl or boy but DH on the fence

I'm struggling to understand why on one hand you say you don't want a foreign sounding name but then say Angel is a traditional name in your home country....as it's not traditional here for a boy doesn't that make it foreign sounding?

Fine if you live in Spain, not so fine if you live in Swindon.

@jannier as in it’s the English-y version (no accent or Os) and it’s not difficult to pronounce in English or difficult to read. It’s an English word and British children are also called that name, while still being a connection to a traditional name.

seemed like the best of both worlds but obviously not according to most on the thread 😂

It may be cute for a baby but think about when he’s a young teenager, older teen, adult at uni and or job could you lumber him with being called Angel ?
even if you pronounce it an-gel like the footballer
just no

But it's an English name for girls and a foreign name for boys so would look foreign anyway.

Surely, if your partner says no, it's a no?
Isn't naming babies about finding a name you both are happy enough with?
Let's say he really wanted to call the baby Barry or Clint. He really really loves those names. Doesn't matter - if you dislike them and say no, you go back to the drawing board.

Find a name you both like, then add a middle name each if you want to be "fair". Then DS can be

Daniel Barry Angel Smith. Or similar.

Buffy the vampire slayer theme music being sang out everywhere he goes xD

I've never understood choosing names before a kid is born. I mean you don't name your pets before you've even picked one out.You meet the animal first...get to know it. I'd understand maybe having like a list of 10 'I like these names' that you hope might suit but... surely you don't know until you meet the child.

He might not look like an 'angel'. He might look like a 'Damon' lol.

Have you considered Eden? It has a similar tone to Angel but is more commonly considered a unisex name I think.

Angelo

@Custardcream1985 thats funny actually because I love the name Eden but see it as more of a girl name

There’s a lovely little boy at my DDs school who is called Eden. It works :-)

I know a male Angel, not sure if I would chose it as a name for a boy or a girl but I’m sure there are a few probably named after a certain vampire.

Hi all, just wanted to say thanks for suggestions. Still love it but we settled for Ruari (DSD is Irish so he will be delighted)

… still tempted as a middle name though!

Tbh setting boy up for life of misery every time his name is called on the register.
Angel = no
Angelo= yes

Well it’s a good job we went with Ruari then

Gabriel is nice but probably not what you're looking for

Nooooooo

I know of a boy called Angel. He is hideously bullied in the local comprehensive and spends much of his time crying.
Don't do it to your child.

Ruari is lovely! Angelo as the middle name maybe?

For a baby or a cat ?

Do you WANT him to be bullied???

Honestly I would hope there would be enough people now who would teach their kids not to be close minded enough to bully a kid for their name.

this “asking for them to be bullied” attitude is disgusting and embarrassing imo.

anyway, this is an old thread and we went with Ruari in the end.

Humans are not angels. Seraphine, Evangeline, Michael etc are angel's names.

I actually quite like it but unfortunately most people aren’t as open minded and Angel is considered a girl name in the UK.

Not in England I don't think.