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I knew a girl named Angel once. She was very sensitive. It's okay for a girl's name. I prefer variants of the name better. If someone named their son Angel he would get teased non-stop. I for one hate it for a boy.

This message was edited 11/18/2018, 9:31 AM

It's kind of a boring name to me.

I can respect it on a Hispanic boy, but other than that it sounds pretty ridiculous.

I love it on a boy. It sounds so handsome and makes me think of David Boreanaz's character on Buffy.

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On a girl, it's ok, but I do prefer Angelica or Angeline.

Here in the US, I can only picture it on a Hispanic boy. Then, while I don't like it, I don't hate it. I just know culturally it's very accepted as a name.

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Never for a girl.

Just to point out -- Angel has been very popular for boys with Hispanic parents for over a decade now. It was the #1 name for Hispanic boys born in the state of Nebraska in 2014, for example. So for people who live in any area of the USA with a large Hispanic population: if you don't know any men named Angel now, you will soon.

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And theologically speaking it is of course really odd that so many people see this name as being "feminine". Angels of course really have no gender, but the ones actual mentioned by name in the Bible (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel) have all been traditionally seen as masculine rather than feminine.

This message was edited 11/16/2018, 12:04 PM

Hi !!!

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I like it for both genders.
I like many forms of this name, this is why I've never thought seriously about it.
But it is right and positive!

Not only is it sickeningly sweet as others have mentioned, it seems kind of hubristic. Hate it on both genders, but especially for a girl.

Not a fan. As a Spanish male name it sounds okay to me, but the only Spanish person I've known who had it thought it sucked mightily, and went by something else instead. As a girl's name... nope. Only suitable if you're made of plastic and go on top of a Christmas tree.

It's alright. I don't exactly see what is the appeal of it to parents naming babies, but it's not a bad name. It's better than Trinity.
For a boy I think it would seem very unusual on any non-Hispanic person.
On a girl/woman I don't think I'd bat an eye - as a BA, I might notice thinking it seems precious, like Heaven.

This message was edited 11/16/2018, 12:29 AM

Fine on a boy never on a girl. The only Angel I ever met was a blonde boy from Denmark

The only Angel's I've known were Hispanic and male; it's pretty popular in Mexico so I'm used to it and don't mind it much. It is a little tacky still, and in poor taste as a girl's name in my opinion.

Over-ambitious. Worse than the other names in its group, eg Angelina, Angelique, even good old vanilla Angela.

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For a boy, I've never encountered it in an English-speaking context; so, no.

Hate it on both!

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Two words: Tacky and cheesy. Can't take it serious enough.

It's too feminine for a boy, and too sickly-sweet for a girl, IMO. Although the only Angel I've ever known was far from sickly-sweet. But her name was. Actually, it was a nickname. Her real name was Dom-Angelique, Angelique being pronounced An-je-lee-KAY. Yeah.