Given name
Ángela
“messenger”
Ángela is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ángela goes back to Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, meaning “messenger.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ángela’s family of names
Ángela shares a linguistic root with Angela. In Spanish usage, Ángela has a conventional equivalent in the English form Angel. In Spanish usage, Ángela has a conventional equivalent in the English form Angela.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ángela has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
15 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ángela
- Ángela MolinaSpanish actressborn 1955
- Ángela AguilarAmerican-Mexican singer (born 2003)
- Ángela PumariegaSpanish yacht racerborn 1984
- Ángela RuizMexican aecherborn 2006
- Ángela BecerraColombian writerborn 1957
- Ángela PonceSpanish modelborn 1991
- Ángela Acuña BraunCosta Rican lawyer, writer and feminist1888–1983
- Ángela Ruiz Roblesteacher, writer, and inventor (1895–1976
- Ángela CervantesSpanish actressborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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