Angelica

Italian, Polish, Russian diminutive of Angela
"angel or angelic"

Angelica Origin and Meaning

The name Angelica is a girl's name of Italian, Polish, Russian origin meaning "angel or angelic".

Angelica is by far the choicest form of the angelic names -- more delicate than Angelina, more feminine than Angel, more modern than Angela. But though Angelica is so lacy and poetic, it lags behind the bolder Angelina (probably for obvious reasons).

Angelica was introduced to England from Italy in the seventeenth cenury, and is heard in early poetry and plays, including Romeo and Juliet. Angelica Schuyler, played by Renee Elise Goldsberry, is one of the most appealing characters in Broadway sensation Hamilton.

Anjelica is a variant spelling, as in Anjelica Huston.

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Famous People Named Angelica

  • (Maria Anna) Angelica Katharina Kauffman
    Swiss,Austrian painter
  • Angelica Schuyler Church
    sister,in,law of U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton
  • Angelica Bridges
    American actress
  • Angelica Lee (born Lee Sin
    je), Malaysian Chinese actress/singer
  • Angelica Mandy
    English actress
  • Angelica Panganiban
    Filipina actress
  • Angelica Agurbash
    Belarusian singer
  • Angelica di Silvestri
    Italian,Dominican skier
  • Maud Angelica Behn
    daughter of Princess Martha Louise of Norway
  • Mother Mary Angelica (born Rita Rizzo)
    Poor Clare nun and foundress of EWTN
  • Angelica Perez
    gay YouTube personality
  • Angelica Hamilton
    daughter of U.S founding father Alexander Hamilton

The name Angelica in Pop Culture

  • Angelica Pickles
    character on 'Rugrats'
  • Angelica
    character in the Sky Dancers series
  • "Angelica
    " song by Oliver
  • Angelica
    type of flower
  • Angelica Turing
    character in the Netflix show 'Sense8'
  • Angelica Schuyler
    character in the Broadway musical 'Hamilton', based on the real person

International Variations of the name Angelica

  • Angelika
    German
  • Angélique
    French

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