Angela

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Анжелика in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye, Angelika in PL Poland, CZ Czechia, Angelique in FR France and Анжела in UA Ukraine.

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 12 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◐

Angela is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name743K records spelled Angela9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Ángela, Ângela, Àngela, Angèla, An̂gela

• Greek given name21K records spelled Angela21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, Cyprus, United Kingdom

  Languages: Greek, English, German

  Also written Αγγελα, Antzela, Aggela, Άντζελα, Αγγέλα

• a separate given name5.2K records spelled Angela13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Ángela, Ãngëlā, Âñgêlä, Añgelã, Ängelä

88 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●

Angela 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 Church Latin, a feminine form of the boy’s name Angelus (see Angel). The older feminine form Angelis has been completely superseded by Angela, which increased greatly in popularity in

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• From Latin. See Angela in main _ dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

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

• anjo; befor 1400

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

• In Swedish, Angela är en italiensk och engelsk femininform till Angelus, bildat till latinets a ngelus, i sin tur av grekiskans ángelos ’(Guds) budbärare, ängel’. En känd namnbärare är A ngela Merkel (f. 1954), Tysklands tidigare förbundskansler. I den rikssvenska almanackan 7 december och i den finlandssvenska 8 december.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Isadora Duncanb. 1877USnot in their usual nameAmerican dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
• Queen Elizabeth The Queen Motherb. 1900GBnot in their usual nameQueen consort of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952 (1900–2002)
• Angela Lansburyb. 1925GBBritish-American-Irish actress and singer (1925–2022)
• Angela Davisb. 1944USAmerican political activist, scholar, and author (born 1944)
• leader of the free worldb. 1954DEnot in their usual namechancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021 (born 1954)
• Ángela Molinab. 1955ESSpanish actress
• Angela Bassettb. 1958USAmerican actress (born 1958)
• Angela Gheorghiub. 1965RORomanian opera soprano
• Angela Gossowb. 1974DEGerman metal vocalist
• Angela Beesleyb. 1977GBco-founder of Wikia

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 · 1,915 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Angela?

We estimate roughly 1.2 million people bear Angela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Angela have the most bearers?

Angela is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled анжелика.

Where is Angela most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Angela is densest in Moldova — about 1 in 166 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Angela compared with other names?

In Russia, Angela is the 88th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Angela a male or female name?

Angela is a female 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 Angela mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian/German; grace or favoured by God