Angel
Gender: M
Origin of Angel: Word name
Angel's Popularity in 2011: #52
Angel is a perennial Hispanic male name, but it was Buffy the Vampire Slayer that brought it into the Anglo-male camp, where it's now heard more frequently, though it still poses some gender confusion, and its saintly associations might cause further problems. Angel is very popular with Latino families, bringing it into the Top 40 for boys--Number 176 for girls.
Other notable associations: the husband in Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a current character on Dexter--and any number of worthy baseball player namesakes.
Angell, Angie
Angel's International Variations
Angelov, Anzhel (Eastern European) Ange (French) Aingeal (Irish Gaelic) Angelo (Italian) Angaros (Persian) Aniol (Polish) Ángel (Spanish) Anshel (Yiddish)
Angel
Gender: F
Origin of Angel: Word name
Angel's Popularity in 2011: #216
Many more sightings of earthly Angels of both sexes have been reported recently, with a good proportion of them Latin males. Spice Girl Melanie Brown named her daughter Angel Iris.
Angele, Angell, Angelle, Angil, Angéle, Anjel
Angel's International Variations
Anela (Hawaiian)
