Angeliyah

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning messenger; a form of Angela or Angelica.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Angeliyah by the numbers

Angeliyah was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Angela

Like Angeliyah, each of these traces back to Angela: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Angelinemessenger; a form of Angela214 in the US (2017)
  • Angelimessenger or angel; a form of Angela39 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)

Other names that come from Angelica

Like Angeliyah, each of these traces back to Angelica: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Angelisemessenger; a form of Angelica or Angeline23 in the US (2017)
  • Anjelicaangel or messenger; spelling variant of Angelica16 in the US (2017)
  • Angelikmessenger, angel; modern spelling of Angelica6 in the US (2017)
  • Angelikiangelic or messenger; a form of Angelica4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aggelikiangelic, messenger; a form of Angelica3 in England and Wales (2025)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Angeliyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 in the US (2017)
  • Angelicaangelic; from angelicus570 in the US (2017)
  • Angeliamessenger or angel; a form of Angela63 in the US (2017)
  • Angelikamessenger; angel; a form of Angela34 in the US (2017)
  • Angelitalittle angel; a diminutive of angela31 in the US (2017)
  • Annaliyahgrace and God; a form of Annaliah21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Angeliyah

Names that are said the same way as Angeliyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean a messenger

Like Angeliyah, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Angelamessenger, angel1,344 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)

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