I’ll go with Angelo, Angel for short! :)
Angel/Angelo are some really low hanging fruit.
There's archangel names. Gabriel is a kinda twinky old fashioned man name and you can go by Gabe when you really need to hammer in the man aspect. Michael is so generic it hurts, a Mike could be any kind of guy. And if you wanted to make it extra you could make it Michaelangelo, who was a queer icon. Raphael is also on the list and doesn't have much more to say about it. Uriel if you want a really trans name, but it may not always be read as masc.
You could also go for saint names.
Remember any name you take can and will be used against you in the hiring process, so names that are read as normal for a cis guy in your culture may be beneficial. Nobody ever had their resume thrown out for being named Mike.
I’m from a very Italian neighborhood. Angelo is a common name, if you’re feeling a bit ethnic and don’t want to stray too far from what you grew up with. Plus you’d get to learn all the hand gestures.
Came here to say Angelo.
I mean, Angel can be a man's name. Ask David Boreanez. It's close to what you had if you dig that, and fits the described vibe imo.
Go with Angel, buy a leather jacket
plus, it's a great show.
except for who made it
Hmm... Masculine.
Mustafa the Brute.
Hmm... Cutesy femboy.
Mustafa the Fabulous Twink Brute.
Ive always liked Andy. Litterally means masculine but has never felt heavy handed. Also while manly men it is also an accepted unisex name
Glad to see you like Angelo, was going to add I feel like I've seen the name Angel used in movies on lots of gangsters. Idk it just doesn't give fem vibes personally.
Here's Angel the drag queen from Rent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBo9L82LXf4
granted the movie version is a ways less potent than the stage musical you get the idea
one of the advanced search options on Behind the Name is "community impression." you can also search by language of origin, languages that commonly use it currently, etc, and, of course, by gender. I picked five and polled my friends and there was a clear winner.
If you happen to be Latino, perhaps "Angel" pronounced like "ahn-hel"?
Andrew
I knew a guy that went by the name Seraph
Angeal
Jesuo
Thor.
Maurice tends to have connotations of effeminacy.
Perhaps a gender-neutral name like Sam or Alex would work. Hilary is also technically unisex, even though you won't find many men named Hilary nowadays.
Francis is a masculine name that in most modern English dialects is pronounced the same as the feminine form, Frances. Francisco might also work if you want to be more clear it's a masculine name; Francisco also calls to mind an expensive city in California with a very prominent queer community, and you can always shorten it to Francis.
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