Oh dear....

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

we just recieved a resume and the name on it was Miguel Arcangel and yes... that does literally translate to: Michael Archangel... poor thing.

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[laminy.livejournal.com]

Not that I like, or would use, Miguel anyway, but with Arcangel and oh my god that's just so bad and over the top.

[hwar.livejournal.com]

I think it's one of those things like Jesus that aren't as extreme in Spanish-speaking countries.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I live in Venezuela and yup we all agree this is WAY extreme

[hwar.livejournal.com]

Interesting that it seems extreme even in context! It doesn't seem any weirder to me than Jesus or saint names but I am not religious.

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

That sounds kind of badass. XP

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

Hahaha sadly he looked very muchh so not bad ass. Skinny, shy kid.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I saw where you said you live in Venezuela, and I don't know many Venezuelans, but I do know a lot of Mexicans, and it's really common for them to name their kids like Jose Maria de Guadelupe (my co-worker's uncle is actually named that) and other very religious names.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

no yeah we have people named very religious NAMES but Arcangel isn't a name and that's why we all find it so out there. Migual Angel IS a name that is veeeery commonly used but yah, Arcangel is not a name...

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay... That makes more sense. I speak some Spanish, but not enough to know what is common as a name/what's not. I had a customer at my old job whose name was "Maria de los Angeles lastname-lastname" and I thought "de los Angeles" was a weird middle name but apparently not.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

one of my first cousins is named Lisette de los Angeles and I have another named María de los Reyes so yeah those are normal =)

We also have tooons of María Milagro's running around which would be "Mary Micracles" or... "Miracles of Mary" so yeah lol I can see how some people would be like 'whaaat?' to those too xD

[starskye.livejournal.com]

woa

[arbus.livejournal.com]

ive seen far worse

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

I've heard of Miguel Angel, but not Arcangel! Phew.