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Ангел
“messenger”
Ангел (Angel) is a masculine given name. It is used in Macedonian.
Bulgarian and Macedonian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Angel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ангел goes back to Ancient Greek ἄγγελος, meaning “messenger.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ангел’s family of names
In Bulgarian usage, Ангел has a feminine form in Ангелина. In Russian usage, Ангел has a conventional equivalent in the English form Angel. In Macedonian usage, Ангел can be written in the Roman alphabet as Angel.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ангел has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
6 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Ангел
- Angel KerezovOlympic wrestler1939–2002
- Angel ChervenkovBulgarian footballerborn 1964
- Angel BalevskiBulgarian inventor (1910-1997)
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