Angel

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ангел in BG Bulgaria, RU Russia, MK North Macedonia, אנג'ל in FR France, אנגל in IL Israel and Ángel in DO Dominican Republic.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Angel is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name530K records spelled Angel10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Ángel, Àngel, Ange-L, Angél, Angèl

• French given name103K records spelled Angel10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Also written Ángel, Angèl, Angél, Àngel, Angel'

• Lao given name31K records spelled Angel38 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Chile, Spain

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Ángel, Àngel, Ängel, Ängël, Angël

• Indonesian given name28K records spelled Angel6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ángel, 'Angel, Àngel, Angel'

104 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Angel is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• From Greek Angelos ‘messenger Note: Many Spanish names, especially girls’ names, are derived from terms used in various aspects of the cult of the Virgin Mary. This has the somewhat bizarre result that many common female names, e.g. Pilar and Rosario, have masculine grammatical gender. _ (of God)’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• , formerly also 3 Used occasionally in England as a boy’s _name from the 1400s, if not earlier, and (b. 1949). ANGHARAD ANGIE

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• anjo; befor 1492

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In English, from OFr angele, Lat angelus 'messenger, angel'; first attested Warinus Angelus 1193 P (K)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 126 years between 1888–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ángel Castro y Arguízb. 1875ESfather of Fidel Castro
• Ángel Amadeo labrunab. 1918ARArgentine footballer
• Alberto Fernándezb. 1959ARnot in their usual namepresident of Argentina from 2019 to 2023
• Javier Bardemb. 1969ESnot in their usual nameSpanish actor
• Míchel Salgadob. 1975ESnot in their usual nameSpanish footballer
• Javier Balboab. 1985ESnot in their usual nameEquatorial Guinean association football player
• Ángel Di Maríab. 1988ARArgentine footballer (born 1988)
• Axel Witselb. 1989BEnot in their usual nameBelgian association football player (born 1989)
• Miguel Almirónb. 1994PYnot in their usual nameParaguayan association football player (born 1994)
• Ángel Correab. 1995ARArgentine association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,747 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Angel?

We estimate roughly 811 thousand people bear Angel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Angel have the most bearers?

Angel is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled angel.

Where is Angel most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Angel is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 80 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Angel compared with other names?

In Argentina, Angel is the 21st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Angel a male or female name?

Angel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Angel mean?

Recorded meaning: from a medieval nickname for someone angelic or for someone who played an angel in a pageant