Anzhela

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Angela in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 18 more, Анжелика in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye, Angelika in PL Poland, CZ Czechia and Angelique in FR France.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 14 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◐

Anzhela is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3.0K records spelled Anzhela5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, Russia, United States

  Languages: Spanish, French, Catalan

  Also written Anz︠h︡ela

• a separate given name279 records spelled Anzhela3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, Ukraine

  Also written Anzhėla, Anz︠h︡ela

30 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●

Anzhela is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Анжела (Anžela)

  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●

SI SURS — resident population given names — 18 years between 2008–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Angela Toshevab. 1961BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian musician
• Angela Borsukb. 1967UAnot in their usual nameIsraeli chess player
• Anzhela Belyanskayab. 1967RURussian actress
• Anzhela Penchevab. 1967BGactor
• Anzhela Kravchenkob. 1971UAathletics competitor
• Anzhela Balakhonovab. 1972UAUkrainian pole vaulter
• Anzhela Tyuvaevab. 1985RURussian female curler and basketball player
• Anjela Nedyalkovab. 1991BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian actress
• Anzhela Gasparyanb. 1996RURussian judoka
• Anzhela Bladtcevab. 2005RURussian trampoline gymnast

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 · 84 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anzhela?

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

In which country does Anzhela have the most bearers?

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

Where is Anzhela most common?

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

How common is Anzhela compared with other names?

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

Is Anzhela a male or female name?

Anzhela 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.