Beautiful.
Every parent thinks their new arrival is heavenly but would you take inspiration from the celestial when naming your child?
As it turns out, angel-inspired baby names are a growing trend among new mums and dads.
Baby naming app Bounty has seen an increase in the number of people searching for angelic-sounding monikers.
Girls’ names like Angelina, Angelica and Trinity and boys’ names including Gabriel and Angelo have all jumped in popularity, according to the app.
As you might expect, many of these names have their origins in the old Testament of the Bible.
There are some stunning choices on the list but our favourites have to be Seraphina for a girl and Ariel for a boy – check out the full lists below.
Top boys’ names
Raphael – refers to Archangel Raphael and means ‘God has healed’
Angelo – variant of Angel (‘messenger of God’)
Gabriel – refers to Archangel Gabriel (‘God is my strength’)
Michael – refers to Archangel Michael, from Hebrew mīkhāyah (‘Who is like God?’)
Micah – another variant of mīkhāyah
Nathaniel – from the Hebrew nĕthan’ēl (gift of God)
Ariel – means ‘lion of God’ in Hebrew
Ethan – ‘strength, firmness, long-lived’
Elijah – an Israelite prophet (‘Yahweh is God’)
Saurian – unknown
Top girls’ names
Angelina – variant of Angel (‘messenger of God’)
Angelica – variant of Angel (‘messenger of God’)
Angelica – variant of Angel (‘messenger of God’)
Seraphina – derived from seraphim, a biblical name for the winged angels surrounding the throne of God
Evangeline – from the Latin evangelism (‘good news’, ‘the Gospel’)
Laila – a guardian angel in Judaism
Charmeine – the angel of harmony
Rafaela – derived from Raphael (‘God has healed)
Trinity – refers to the Holy Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit
Nevaeh – ‘heaven’ spelled backwards
