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.

# 256 in the US

Angela Rank in US Top 1000

# 831 on Nameberry

Angela Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Angela Popularity

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

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"