Meanings
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 561 more example
And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway. ibid., page 39: The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela, behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is Angela? I didn't know the Irish had any Angelas.
1996, Frank McCourt, chapter I, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins., →ISBN, page 5
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄγγελος“messenger, angel”
- LatinAngelus
- EnglishAngela
Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”).
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Bulgarian Анджела, Анжела
- Анджела (Andžela)female given name
- Анжела (Anžela)female given name
Catalan Àngela
- Àngelafemale given name
Chinese Mandarin 安杰拉, 安吉拉
- 安杰拉 (Ānjiélā)female given name
- 安吉拉 (Ānjílā)female given name
- 安格拉 (Āngélā)female given name
Czech Anděla
- Andělafemale given name
Esperanto Anĝela
- Anĝelafemale given name
Estonian Angela
- Angelafemale given name
French Angèle
- Angèlefemale given name
German Angela
- Angelafemale given name
Greek Αγγελική
- Αγγελική (Angelikí)female given name
Hungarian Angéla
- Angélafemale given name
Italian Angela
- Angelafemale given name
Japanese アンジェラ, アンゲラ
- アンジェラ (Anjera)female given name
- アンゲラ (Angera)female given name
Latvian Anžela
- Anželafemale given name
Portuguese Ângela
- Ângelafemale given name
Russian Анже́ла, А́нджела
- Анже́ла (Anžéla)female given name
- А́нджела (Ándžela)female given name
- А́нгела (Ángela)female given name
- А́нхела (Ánxela)female given name
Spanish Ángela
- Ángelafemale given name
Swedish Angela
- Angelafemale given name
Vietnamese An-giê-la
- An-giê-lafemale given name
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Cite this entry
Angela. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Angela
“Angela.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Angela. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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