Angela

Latin

"angel"

Angela Origin and Meaning

The name Angela is a girl's name of German, Italian, Greek origin meaning "angel".

Angela was a Top 10 name from 1965 to 1979, the fifth most popular name for three years, and staying in the double digits until the turn of the 21st century. Today, though, Angelina or Angelica would be more fashionable options.

Angela has a number of notable namesakes, including activist Angela Davis, German Chancellor Merkel, and actresses Lansbury, Bassett and Kinsey.

Angela Rank in US Top 1000

# 256 in the US

Angela Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 628 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Angela

• 256 US 2023
• 628 Nameberry 2025
• 797 England 2023
• 63 Spain 2023
• 96 Portugal 2014
• 46 Mexico 2021

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Famous People Named Angela

• Angela Dorothea Merkel Chancellor of Germany
• Angela Faye Kinsey American actress
• Angela Bradburn Spangler, American high jumper
• Angela Brigid Lansbury British,American,Irish actress
• Angela Sarafyan Armenian,American actress
• Angela Yvonne Davis American political activist
• Angela Evelyn Bassett (Vance) American actress
• Angela Lindvall American model
• Angela Carter English novelist and short story writer
• Angela Haynes American tennis player
• Angela Kang American TV writer and producer
• Angela Jennifer "AJ" Lambert Paparozzi daughter of singer Nancy Sinatra; granddaughter of singer Frank Sinatra
• Angela Gisela Brown Princess of Liechtenstein, first person of known African origin to marry a member of a reigning European dynasty
• Angela Georgina Burdett Coutts, Baroness Burdett,Coutts, English philanthropist
• Angela Michelle "Angie" Harmon American actress
• Angela Kay "Angie" Everhart American model and actress
• Angela Laverne Brown birth name of Angie Stone, American soul singer,songwriter
• Angela Kristine "Angie" Miller aka Zealyn American singer,songwriter
• Angela MacDonald "Angie" Best English model; first wife of footballer George Best
• Angela "Angie" Dickinson star of the hit 70's drama Police Woman
• Angela "Angie" Martinez American radio host
• Angela Margaret Thirkell Anglo,Australian novelist
• Angela Margaret Cartwright Anglo,American actress
• Angela aka Angelababy stage name of Yang Ying, Chinese model, actress, and singer
• Angela Watson American actress, former model from ABC TGIF sitcom "Step by Step"
• Angela White (b. 1985) Adult actress

The name Angela in Pop Culture

• Angela Shepard character in That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
• Angela Noelle Martin Schrute character on US TV series "The Office"
• Angela Bower character on TV's "Who's the Boss?"
• Angela Montenegro character on TV show "Bones"
• Angela Chase character on TV show "My So,Called Life"
• Angela Hayes character in film "American Beauty"
• Angela Leath beloved of Charley in "The Holly Tree" (Charles Dickens)
• Angela Jafaar TV personality from "All American Muslim"
• Angela Roth mother of Teen Titans' superheroine Raven
• Angela Moore character on the TV show "Boy Meets World"
• Angela Petrelli character on the show "Heroes"
• Angela Li school principal in animated series "Daria"
• Angela Anaconda Canadian cutout animation TV series
• Angela McCourt character in book/movie "Angela's Ashes"
• Angela Hunter character in the book "Generation Dead"
• Angela Moss character in "Mr. Robot"
• Angela Chen character in DC Universe
• Angela character in the Inheritance Cycle
• Angela character in Spawn and Marvel comics
• Angela Castillo Soto character in telenovela "Destinos"
• Angela Favorleigh an extremely wealthy and snobby girl in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Sister Mary Angela character in the House Of Night series (PC Cast)
• "Angela" Song by Bob James
• "Angela" Song by Jarvis Cocker
• "Angela" song by John Lennon
• Dr Angela 'Mercy' Ziegler Character from the video game 'Overwatch '
• Angela 'Angie' Martinelli Character from the TV show 'Agent Carter'
• Angela Julienne Turner daughter of Dr Patrick Turner and ShelaghTurner in British TV Drama 'Call The Midwife'
• Angela Vicario main character in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novella "Chronicle of a Death Foretold"
• Angela Orosco character in the video game "Silent Hill 2"

International Variations of the name Angela

• Fereshteh Persian
• Ange Greek
• Angeline French
• Angelita Spanish
• Erela Hebrew
• Angèle Greek
• Angelia Spanish
• Angelette French
• Anakela Hawaiian
• Angeles Spanish
• Angéle French
• Erelah Hebrew
• Anhelina Russian
• Angeliki Greek
• Angelina Spanish
• Angelina Russian
• Angelina Greek