Anjelica

A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning angel or messenger; spelling variant of Angelica.

Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anjelica by the numbers

Anjelica was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 292 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Angelica

Like Anjelica, 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)
  • Angeliyahmessenger; a form of Angela or Angelica8 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 Anjelica. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Angelicaangelic; from angelicus570 in the US (2017)
  • Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 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)
  • Angelicangelic; messenger; like an angel18 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a messenger

Like Anjelica, 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)

Names about as common as Anjelica

SofijaAdelitaDaisieNeaveGurleenAanikaBibiAhmiyah

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