A man raised a question to Mufti from Jamia Binoria. He asked whether it is permissible to use names of angel for their children, such as Jibreel, Mikhail, etc and if not then why not?
Mufti said that it is not allowed to name your child after prophets because prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that “don’t name yourselves with the names of the angels”.
Some scholars raised questions on the strength of the hadith but majority holds the same opinion. Even those who don’t take this hadith consider naming your children after the names of angels as Makhrooh, which means it is not liked.
Some other scholars have said that it is permissible to name your children after angels, but it is a minority opinion not followed by others. Considering the hadith and opinions of early scholars it seems that it is better to avoid using these names.