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Help[Opinions] Arcangela
I doubt others will share my enthusiasm for this baroque oddity, but I'm posting about it notwithstanding. Any thoughts other than "I hate it you're crazy why would you inflict this on a child"? I love Archie as a nickname. If you're curious, noted bearers include director Lina Wertmüller (born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich), who was the first woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director; Arcangela Tarabotti, a 17th-century Venetian nun, writer, and political theorist; and Arcangela Paladini, a 17th-century painter and poet. By the way, even though I'm not considering naming a child, I have a three-syllable Italian surname that sounds sumptuous with Arcangela!
Here are some combos:
Arcangela Beatrice
Arcangela Benedetta
Arcangela Bibiana
Arcangela Cecilia
Arcangela Costanza
Arcangela Delfina
Arcangela Federica
Arcangela Felicity
Arcangela Ippolita
Arcangela Iside
Arcangela Isidora
Arcangela Isolde
Arcangela Isotta
Arcangela Marina
Arcangela Mathilda / Matilda / Matilde
Arcangela Minerva
Arcangela Ofelia
Arcangela Phoebe
Arcangela Philomena / Filomena
Arcangela Priscilla
Arcangela Rossana / Roxana
Arcangela Sabina
Arcangela Sibilla / Sibylla
Arcangela Simona
Arcangela Simonetta
Arcangela Sophonisba / Sofonisba
Arcangela Taide
Arcangela Tiziana
Arcangela Verena
Arcangela Winifred
Here are some combos:
Arcangela Beatrice
Arcangela Benedetta
Arcangela Bibiana
Arcangela Cecilia
Arcangela Costanza
Arcangela Delfina
Arcangela Federica
Arcangela Felicity
Arcangela Ippolita
Arcangela Iside
Arcangela Isidora
Arcangela Isolde
Arcangela Isotta
Arcangela Marina
Arcangela Mathilda / Matilda / Matilde
Arcangela Minerva
Arcangela Ofelia
Arcangela Phoebe
Arcangela Philomena / Filomena
Arcangela Priscilla
Arcangela Rossana / Roxana
Arcangela Sabina
Arcangela Sibilla / Sibylla
Arcangela Simona
Arcangela Simonetta
Arcangela Sophonisba / Sofonisba
Arcangela Taide
Arcangela Tiziana
Arcangela Verena
Arcangela Winifred
This message was edited 12/27/2019, 10:12 AM
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Arcangela is fine, but inflicting the nickname Archie on a girl is cruel.
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Love it. It's exactly some grand baroque choral/operatic thing echoing in the cathedral in the moments just following its conclusion. Up up up it goes! All the stained glass!
From your crazy combos I pick Cecilia, Delfina, Felicity, Ippolita, and Taide, wtf is Taide? Works much better than Thais for some reason, though Thais would be interesting here. I find Arcangela difficult to pair, and most of your combos awkward.
From your crazy combos I pick Cecilia, Delfina, Felicity, Ippolita, and Taide, wtf is Taide? Works much better than Thais for some reason, though Thais would be interesting here. I find Arcangela difficult to pair, and most of your combos awkward.
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It's neat. It would be cool with an Italian surname.
Is it arc-AN-ge-la or ARC-an-GE-la? I'm tentatively saying it the first way.
I don't understand how Archie could be a nickname for it, though. Are people pronouncing Archie as R-key? Rhyme malarky?
I always thought Archie was pronounced with a TCH sound, rhyme starchy. Archie-rhyme-starchy as a nick for Arcangela sounds really trendy-synthetic and annoying to me.
Is it arc-AN-ge-la or ARC-an-GE-la? I'm tentatively saying it the first way.
I don't understand how Archie could be a nickname for it, though. Are people pronouncing Archie as R-key? Rhyme malarky?
I always thought Archie was pronounced with a TCH sound, rhyme starchy. Archie-rhyme-starchy as a nick for Arcangela sounds really trendy-synthetic and annoying to me.
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Archie is inspired by Arcangela, not pronounced like it. I'm pronouncing Arcangela the first way you outlined.
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I have a soft spot for archaic oddities like this, but I am not sure I'd use it as a first name. It'd make an amazing middle name, but it feels like a lot to live up to as a first name. I also think people would get it wrong a lot, like, they wouldn't see "arc angel" but rather ar-cangela.
Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich is an amazing name.
I'd probably pair it with one of your less exotic names if I were to use it. As a middle name, I'd go for something like:
Beatrice Arcangela
Cecily Arcangela
Daphne Arcangela
Phoebe Arcangela
Simone/Simona Arcangela
Matilda Arcangela
Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spañol von Braueich is an amazing name.
I'd probably pair it with one of your less exotic names if I were to use it. As a middle name, I'd go for something like:
Beatrice Arcangela
Cecily Arcangela
Daphne Arcangela
Phoebe Arcangela
Simone/Simona Arcangela
Matilda Arcangela
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On a scale of 1-10, 10 being Very Romantic, I'll rate it an 8 or 9, comparable to Juliette, Rosalba, Valentine; a 10 would be, Scheherazade, and Phoebe's maybe a 5 or 6.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being Very Catholic, I'll rate it a 9...with Gloria being a 5 or 6 and Benedicta an 8; Concepción and Assumpta are 10s.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being OTT or Unexpected, I'll rate it a 7 or 8...about equal to Artemisia, Euphemia, or Wisteria, with Sophonisba / Carnation being 9s. Nefertiti's a 10.
I think it fits pretty well with: Bibiana, Costanza, Phoebe, Simonetta, Sophonisba, Taide, Verena.
I'd probably put it with something like: Verdiana, Rosmerta, Zoe, Zenobia, Betsabé, Iris, Belinay, Esme, Faustina. Could see it in a sibset with Serafina / Serafino.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being Very Catholic, I'll rate it a 9...with Gloria being a 5 or 6 and Benedicta an 8; Concepción and Assumpta are 10s.
On a scale of 1-10, 10 being OTT or Unexpected, I'll rate it a 7 or 8...about equal to Artemisia, Euphemia, or Wisteria, with Sophonisba / Carnation being 9s. Nefertiti's a 10.
I think it fits pretty well with: Bibiana, Costanza, Phoebe, Simonetta, Sophonisba, Taide, Verena.
I'd probably put it with something like: Verdiana, Rosmerta, Zoe, Zenobia, Betsabé, Iris, Belinay, Esme, Faustina. Could see it in a sibset with Serafina / Serafino.
This message was edited 12/27/2019, 12:06 PM
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Verdiana! Yay
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I would love to love it but I cannot get past Angela, my least favourite of all the angelic names, which I find incredibly dated (maybe my feelings will change in a few years) and quite... squelchy? It’s strange, because I think I quite like Arcangelo, and I definitely enjoy Angeline and Angelika.
Having said that, Arcangela Winifred is really quite the combination. It’s dowdy in all the best ways.
Having said that, Arcangela Winifred is really quite the combination. It’s dowdy in all the best ways.
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I think it's pretty, but I'm a sucker for most Angel names. Is it pronounced arch-angela then?
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No, I'm pronouncing it like "ark" (or "arc") + "Angela." The nickname Archie is a fun riff on Arcangela, not a direct derivation. :)
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Should be kept exclusively for nuns to take as their nun name.
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