Angela (given name)

Angela is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

Angela is the female equivalent to the Latin angelus, messenger ',' angel ', derived from the ancient Greek ἄγγελος Angelos; which in turn probably angaros with Old Persian, horseback Courier ' is related.

Variants and pronunciation

  • German [ Angela ] and [ In ː la ]

In other languages:

  • English [ ændʒɪlə ]
  • French [ ãʒəlɑ ]
  • Italian [ andʒela ]
  • Lithuanian Angele
  • Croatian Anđelka
  • Serbian Cyrillic Anđela
  • Polish Aniela
  • Spanish Ángela [ Anxela ]
  • Czech Anděla
  • Hungarian Angéla

Derivatives ( diminutives ): Angelie, Angelika, French Angelique, Angelina; Short forms (all languages): Angy, Angie

Male counterparts: Latin Angelus, Ángel Spanish, Italian Angelo.

Name Days

  • January 4: Date of Death of the Blessed Angela of Foligno
  • January 27: death anniversary of Saint Angela Merici
  • MAY 5: Memorial of Ángela de la Cruz ( on this day Angelus the Carmelite )
  • MAY 31: Angela Merici the previous holiday

Famous names winners (all forms of speech )

First name

  • Angela Bassett (born 1958 ), American actress
  • Ángela Becerra ( b. 1957 ), Colombian author
  • Angela Brown ( born 1953 ), American blues singer
  • Angela Laverne Brown, known as Angie Stone ( born 1961 ), American singer
  • Angela Brunner (1931-2011), German actress
  • Angela Carter (1940-1992), British writer
  • Ángela Carrasco Rodríguez ( born 1951? ), Dominican singer
  • Angela Davis ( born 1944 ), American civil rights activist and writer
  • Ángela María González known as Angy Fernández ( * 1990), Spanish actress and singer
  • Angela Gheorghiu (born 1965 ), Romanian opera singer (soprano )
  • Ángela Gurría ( born 1929 ), Mexican sculptor
  • Angela Hammitzsch, (born Hitler and related products. Raubal, 1883-1949 ) half-sister of Adolf Hitler
  • Angela Kohn ( b. 1975 ) aka Jacki -O, American rapper
  • Angela Lansbury ( born 1925 ), British actress
  • Angela Malenstein (* 1993), Dutch Women's Handball
  • Angela Merkel (born 1954 ), German politician (CDU ), Chancellor since 2005
  • Ángela Molina ( born 1955 ), Spanish actress
  • Ángela Pradelli ( born 1959 ), Argentine writer
  • Angela Praesent (1945-2009), German writer and translator
  • Angela Raubal known as Geli Raubal (1908-1931), daughter of Angela Raubal, niece of Adolf Hitler
  • Angela Roy (* 1957), German actress
  • Angela Schuster ( born 1967), German rower
  • Angela Stachowa (* 1948), German poet
  • Angela Stresemann ( * 1952 ), German actress
  • Angela Wiedl (* 1967), German pop singer
  • Angela Wiederhut (* 1976), German voice actor
  • Angela Winkler ( * 1944 ), German actress

Family name

  • Alberto Angela (born 1962 ), Italian science journalist and nonfiction author
  • Sharon Angela, American actress, screenwriter and film director
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