Re: Hispanic (specifically Mexican) names without religious connotations?
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I don’t consider any of those Christian at all. I guess I could maybe see it for Gabriel, but Isabel? Miguel? Really?
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.