Angela (given name)

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Gender female		Language(s) Greek

Pronunciation /ˈændʒᵻlə/ AN-ji-lə German: [aŋˈɡeːla] Italian: [ˈaːndʒela], Meaning Messenger, Messenger of gods, Messenger from gods See also Angie, Angel, Angelina, Angeline, Angelica, Angelita, Angelis, Anghela, Angella, Angelle, Angelea, Ángela, Ângela, Anjel, Gelya

Angela is a female given name. The origin of the name is Latin and its background is Christian. It is derived from the Greek word ángelos (αγγελος), meaning "messenger of gods". In the United States, the name "Angela" was at its most popular between 1965 and 1979, when it was ranked among the top 10 names for girls. Since 1900 in America, it has been ranked among the 300 most popular names. It has been falling from its peak of popularity, and had fallen to 133rd by 2008. The variation Angelina was ranked as the 69th most popular name in 2008 in the United States, while Angel was ranked 160th.

Feminine name variants in other languages

Aingeal (Irish)

Anakela (Hawaiian)

Andjela (Croatian)

Anděla (Czech)

Anđela (Serbian)

Anela (Hawaiian)

Ange (French), (Spanish)

Angel (English)

Ángela (Spanish)

Ângela (Portuguese)

Angela (Dutch), (English), (German), (Italian), (Romanian), (Russian), (Slovak), (Slovene), (Macedonian)

Angéla (Hungarian)

Angele (Spanish)

Angèle (French)

Angelea (English)

Ángeles (Spanish)

Angelette (French)

Angelia (English), (Spanish)

Angelien (Dutch)

Αγγελική (Angelici) (Greek)

Αγγέλα (Angela) (Greek)

Angelika (German)

Angelina (English), (German), (Italian), (Polish), (Russian)

Angeline (French)

Angelique (French)

Angelita (Spanish)

Angella (English)

Angelle (English)

Anghela (English)

Angie (English)

Angy (English)

Angi (English)

Aniela (Polish)

Anielka (Polish)

Ánxela (Galician)

Anxhela (Albanian)

Anzhela (Russian)

Anzhelina (Russian)

Geli (German)

Mariangela (Italian)

Rosangela (Italian)

أنجيلا (Arabic)

Aнёла (Aniola) (Belarusian)

এনজেলা (Ēnajēlā) (Bengali)

安吉拉 (Ānjílā) (Chinese Simplified)

安吉拉 (Ānjí lā) / 安琪兒 (Chinese Traditional)

એન્જેલા (Ēnjēlā) (Gujarati)

אנג'לה (Hebrew)

एंजेला (Ēn̄jēlā) (Hindi)

アンジェラ (Anjera) (Japanese)

ಏಂಜೆಲಾ (Ēn̄jelā) (Kannada)

안젤라 (Anjella) (Korean)

आंगेला (Āṅgēlā) (Marathi)

Ангела (Angyela) (Mongolian)

آنجلا (Persian)

Анжела (Anzhela) (Russian)

Anđela (Serbo-Croatian)

அங்கேலா (Aṅkēlā) (Tamil)

ఏంజెలా (Ēn̄jelā) (Telugu)

แองเจลา (Xængcelā) (Thai)

Ангела (Anhela) (Ukrainian)

انجیلا (Urdu)

List of people named Angela

Angela of Foligno (1248–1309) Franciscan, Catholic, Saint

Angela Bassett (born 1958), American actress

Angela Beesley, Former member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation

Angela Bradburn-Spangler (born 1968), US high jumper

Angela Bowie, first wife of David Bowie, often known as "Angie Bowie"

Angela Buxton (born 1934), English tennis player

Angela Cartwright (born 1952), English-born American actress

Angela Chang (born 1982), Taiwanese pop singer

Angela Davis (born 1944), American political activist

Angela Dimitriou, Greek singer

Angela Gerekou, Greek politician and actress

Angela Gheorghiu (born 1965), a Romanian opera diva

Angela Gossow, German heavy-metal singer

Ángela Gurría (born 1929), Mexican sculptor

Angela Kinsey, Emmy Award-winning American actress

Ángela Labordeta (born 1967), Spanish writer and journalist

Angela Lansbury (born 1925), English actress

Angela Lanza (actress), American actress from The Perez Family (film)

Angela Lanza (singer), American singer, known most for touring overseas for U.S. troops

Angela Lindvall (born 1979), American Supermodel

Angela Little (academic) (born 1949), British education and development academic

Angela Little (actress) (born 1972), American model and actress

Angela Marino, New Zealand professional basketball player for the Adelaide Lightning (WNBL)

Angela Maurer (born 1975), German long-distance swimmer

Angela Melini, (born 1969) Playboy Playmate for June 1992

Angela Merici, Catholic Saint

Angela Merkel (born 1954), German research scientist, Chancellor of Germany since 2005

Ángela Meyer (born 1947), Puerto Rican actress, comedian and producer of television and theatrical works

Ángela Molina (born 1955), Spanish actress

Angela Postma (born 1971), Dutch freestyle swimmer

Angela Rumbold (1932–2010), British Member of Parliament

Angela Smith (squash) (born 1953), British Champion squash player and pioneer of female sport

Angela Smith, Member of the British Parliament

Angela Evans Smith, Member of the British Parliament

Angela Tong (born 1975), Hong Kong actress

Angela Aki (born 1977), Japanese singer and songwriter

Angela Kohn (born) 1978, hip hop rapper/actress

Angela Via (born 1981), American singer

Angela Sarafyan (born 1983), American actress

Angela Yeung (born 1989), Hong Kong Chinese model and actress best known by her stage name Angelababy

Fictional characters

Angela Channing, a fictional wine matriarch character from the TV series Falcon Crest

Angela Chase, a fictional character from the television series, My So-Called Life, played by American actress Claire Danes

Angela Martin, fictional accountant from the US television series The Office (US TV series), played by Angela Kinsey

Angela Montenegro, fictional character from Bones (TV series)

Angela Anaconda, a main cutout character from Angela Anaconda

Angela Weber, a character from the book and movie series Twilight Saga

Angela DuPre, a character from Margaret Peterson Haddix's book Found

Angela Smith, a character from Mona the Vampire

Angela Igancio (born 2003) Filipino

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Feminine name variants in other languages

List of people named Angela

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