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Help[Opinions] Re: Angel
in reply to a message by humblebee
So how are you not tempting fate and asking for a hellraiser when you name a boy Angel then? Just wondering. I've never heard it used as a nickname, I thought Angie was more common.
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Perhaps you are asking for a hellraiser. Angel Clare was no angel, right?
More seriously, it's probably because I mostly see Angel on a boy as a Spanish name and Angel on a girl as an English name, and it affects my perception of each, just as I would view Jesús (he-SOOS) and Jesus (JEE-zus) very differently.
On girls, I sometimes feel like Angel is a very high pressure name, à la Chastity, holding a girl against an impossibly high standard of goodness, sweetness, and purity. It seems like too much--like a a set up for a long hard fall--to me, and that worries me enough that I'm reluctant to use Angeline, my great-great-great grandmother's name...even though she was a neat lady and I love her name.
It surprises me that you know many young Angies. I don't know any under age 25 or so, just as I don't know any young Angelas, and I would describe Angie as an unfashionable nickname, like Mindy or Sue. I mostly run into little Angelinas these days, sometimes called Angel, but most often called Angelina or Lina.
More seriously, it's probably because I mostly see Angel on a boy as a Spanish name and Angel on a girl as an English name, and it affects my perception of each, just as I would view Jesús (he-SOOS) and Jesus (JEE-zus) very differently.
On girls, I sometimes feel like Angel is a very high pressure name, à la Chastity, holding a girl against an impossibly high standard of goodness, sweetness, and purity. It seems like too much--like a a set up for a long hard fall--to me, and that worries me enough that I'm reluctant to use Angeline, my great-great-great grandmother's name...even though she was a neat lady and I love her name.
It surprises me that you know many young Angies. I don't know any under age 25 or so, just as I don't know any young Angelas, and I would describe Angie as an unfashionable nickname, like Mindy or Sue. I mostly run into little Angelinas these days, sometimes called Angel, but most often called Angelina or Lina.
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Ahhh I see. Yes, Jesus and Jesús are very different names to me as well. I agree that it's a high pressure name but I think it is for boys, too.
Oh but Angeline is really lovely and so much prettier that Angelina. It would also make a nice middle name. I actually don't know many Angies I just guessed that Angie would be more common as a nickname than Angel. I guess I just figured people who want to call their child Angel would just name her Angel instead of Angelina. I guess I was wrong :P
Oh but Angeline is really lovely and so much prettier that Angelina. It would also make a nice middle name. I actually don't know many Angies I just guessed that Angie would be more common as a nickname than Angel. I guess I just figured people who want to call their child Angel would just name her Angel instead of Angelina. I guess I was wrong :P
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