Anela
A girls’ name of Hawaiian origin, meaning angel.
Anela by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Anela. In the US, 51 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 79 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Anela
Names that are said the same way as Anela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Anela, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 in the US (2017)
- Angelicaangelic; from angelicus570 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- Angieangel; messenger; a diminutive of Angela456 in the US (2017)
- Angeliqueangelic; french form of Angelica340 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Anela
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