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Re: Hispanic (specifically Mexican) names without religious connotations?

by Julia (JuliaF)

1/5/2022, 3:08 AM

in reply to a message by Sun

I don’t consider any of those Christian at all. I guess I could maybe see it for Gabriel, but Isabel? Miguel? Really?

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- Sun

1/27/2022, 4:18 PM

Eve, the Biblical first woman. Gabriel means "God is my strong man", Isabel is a variant of Elizabeth meaning "my God is an oath", Miguel is a form of Michael meaning "who is like God?", Manuel comes from Emmanuel meaning "God is with us". These are all Christian names.

- clevelandkentevans

1/5/2022, 9:55 AM

There are saints called Isabel, and Miguel of course is a religious name in Spanish for the same reason Gabriel is -- it's the name of one of only four angels mentioned by name in the Bible, since it's just the Spanish equivalent of Michael. If you are speaking Spanish, you call the angel San Miguel.

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