Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
The name draws on Latin angelus, meaning “angel”.
The story
Antshel shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel. The history of Angel gives this family its wider story. Angel Clare, a male character in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, illustrates the name’s history in English masculine use. Angel’s later use for girls also draws on angel as a term of endearment.
Explained through its name family
Antshel’s family of names
Antshel shares a linguistic root with Angel. Antshel has a related form in Amshel. Antshel has a related form in Amshel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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