Comments for the name Engel

It also means 'angel' in Dutch.

Pronounced ENG-el.
Very rare name in Germany. In fact, I have never met a person named Engel but it could be used as a short form of 'Engelbert'.

Also angel in Norwegian.

This also means "angel" in Danish.

I quite like the name and its spelling. It's apparently quite unique in Germany, and it's and people looking at it will likely almost immediately associate it as being masculine. A very nice alternative to its more feminine-seeming counterpart, Angel.

There is a song called Engel by Rammstein.

I've never met anyone named Engel here. For me, it would be weird to name my son this, living in Germany. But it is a cute nickname for your son, of course(:

Come on, this means 'angel' in Norwegian too. Therefore it should be added.

My last name-yes, last name- is Engel. I get comments on it all the time from the exchange students asking me if I know what it means. And I do. My Grandfathers family came straight from Germany with the last name, and most of my family has it on my dad's side. Not to mention relatives we don't even know about!

According to all of my German name books, including "Duden. Lexikon der Vornamen", Engel is (or rather was, seeing as it has pretty much disappeared) a unisex name leaning strongly towards the feminine side.

As for the meaning, they say this:
"A short form of names containing the element "Engel-", for example Engelbert, Engelhard or the nowadays extinct feminine names Engelheid and Engelburg.
Originally, this name element meant "Angle, member of the Germanic people of the Angles", who took their name from their region of origin in northern Germany. Their name is said to be derived from Old High German and Old Saxon angul "hook for fishing; peak".
With the increasing Christianization of the Germanic tribes, however, it has gradually been associated with angelus "angel" and by the Middle Ages it was only seen as the German word for angel, "Engel"."