Angeles

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Àngeles in VE Venezuela.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 23 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◐

Angeles is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name66K records spelled Angeles17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France

  Also written Angèles, Angéles, Angelès, Angélès, Angêlês

• a separate name12K records spelled Angeles9 spellings in the group

  Also written Àngeles, Angelēs, Ángeles, Angéles, Ängeles

• Indonesian name8.8K records spelled Angeles5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written Ängeles, Àngeles, Angéles, Ángeles

• Thai name7.3K records spelled Angeles14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written แองเจเลส, Àngeles, ̶̲̅a̶̲̅n̶̲̅g̶̲̅e̶̲̅l̶̲̅e̶̲̅s̶̲̅, Ångêlës, Angëlës

• a separate name3.6K records spelled Angeles3 spellings in the group

  Also written Ángeles

• Turkish name1.3K records spelled Angeles3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Ángeles

• Russian name905 records spelled Angeles12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Анхелес, Ангелес, Ãngeles, Ángeles

72 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●

Angeles is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, An independent city, the largest city in Pampanga, Philippines.

  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 pam, Angeles (the largest city in Pampanga, Philippines)

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

• In osp, plural of angel

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

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 118 years between 1906–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Bert Angelesb. 1875GBBritish film director, screenwriter and actor (1875-1950)
• Pablo Ángeles Davidb. 1889PHFilipino politician (1889–1965)
• Jorge Angelesb. 1943MXMexican Canadian mechanical engineering professor
• Jack Angelesb. 1950USAmerican actor
• Arturo Angelesb. 1953USAmerican soccer referee
• Hero Angelesb. 1984PHFilipino actor
• Ron Angelesb. 1998PHFilipino model and celebrity
• César VegaPEnot in their usual namePeruvian singer
• Cruz Angelesfilm director
• Angeles González VilartESSpanish painter

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 · 676 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Angeles?

We estimate roughly 66 thousand people bear Angeles (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Angeles have the most bearers?

Angeles is most frequently recorded in Canada, where it is most often spelled angeles.

What does the name Angeles mean?

Recorded meaning: Marian name honouring Nuestra Senora de los Angeles ‘Our Lady of the Angels’.