Given name & surname
Ángel
Ángel is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Ángel shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel. Angel has been associated with Greek and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Ángel shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel. The history of Angel gives this family its wider story. Angel Clare, a male character in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, illustrates the name’s history in English masculine use. Angel’s later use for girls also draws on angel as a term of endearment.
Explained through its name family
Ángel’s family of names
Ángel shares a linguistic root with Angel. In Spanish usage, Ángel has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ange. In German usage, Ángel has a related form in Angel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ángel has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ángel
- Ángel Di MaríaArgentine footballer (born 1988)
- Ángel CorreaArgentine association football playerborn 1995
- Ángel OrtizParaguayan association football playerborn 1977
- Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of RivasSpanish writer, poet, playwright and politician (1791-1865)
- Ángel NietoSpanish motorcycle racer1947–2017
- Ángel BossioArgentine association football player (1905-1978)
- Ángel LabrunaArgentine footballer1918–1983
- Ángel LópezSpanish footballerborn 1981
- Ángel María VillarSpanish footballer and managerborn 1950
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