Angela: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced AN-juh-luh · 3 syllables

Angela means “messenger, angel”, from Greek and Latin.

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek (angelos, “messenger, angel”).

How popular is Angela?

Angela was the #408 name in the US in 2025, given to 765 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Babies named Angela in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1970).

Half of US adults named Angela are older than 52; most are between 27 and 68. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Angela have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Angela means “messenger, angel”. It comes from Greek and Latin.

Angela is pronounced AN-juh-luh.

Angela was the #408 name in the US in 2025, given to 765 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 31% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1970.

Half of US adults named Angela are older than 52. Most are between 27 and 68.