Angela
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning messenger, angel.
How Angela has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #220 |
| 2016 | #214 |
| 2017 | #236 |
| 2018 | #266 |
| 2019 | #256 |
| 2020 | #251 |
| 2021 | #234 |
| 2022 | #226 |
| 2023 | #256 |
| 2024 | #282 |
| 2025 | #408 |
Angela by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Angela. In the US, 1,344 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 25,896 babies in 1971, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1975, about 1 in 67 American girls born that year was called Angela.
Names that come from Angela
Forms of Angela in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Angelinemessenger; a form of Angela214 in the US (2017)
- Angelikamessenger; angel; a form of Angela34 in the US (2017)
- Angeleemessenger; variant of Angela20 in the US (2017)
- Angelisaangel; a form of Angela14 in the US (2017)
- Angellangel; a form of Angela or Angel14 in the US (2017)
- Angyangel; a diminutive form of Angela14 in the US (2017)
- Angelenamessenger; a form of Angela11 in the US (2017)
- Angelynamessenger; a form of Angela11 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Angela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Angelymessenger of god; a respelling of Angel with -ly suffix97 in the US (2017)
- Angeliamessenger or angel; a form of Angela63 in the US (2017)
- Anelaangel51 in the US (2017)
- Angelimessenger or angel; a form of Angela39 in the US (2017)
- Anielagod is my grace; a form of Aniela/Angela21 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Angela
Names that are said the same way as Angela, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Angela, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- 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)
- Bodieherald, messenger; from place name89 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Angela
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