Given name
Angelique
“messenger”·“a heavenly messenger; an angel”
Angelique is a variant of Angela. Interpretations include “messenger” and “a heavenly messenger; an angel” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Angelique is a variant of Angela. Interpretations include “messenger” and “a heavenly messenger; an angel” (Greek). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Angelique is a variant of Angela. An origin associated with Angela is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Angelique through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30,170
- 6 boys · 30,164 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 942 babies
- 2025
- 193
- #1,193 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 193 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,193 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 942 in 1970. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (51). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,666 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Angelique’s family of names
In German usage, Angelique has a diminutive in Angie. Angelique has a related form in Angela. In English usage, Angelique has a conventional equivalent in the German form Angelika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Angelique has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 17
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Angelique
- Angelique RockasSouth African Greek actress, producer, artistic director of Internationalist Theatre, and activist (born 1951)
- Angelique KerberGerman tennis playerborn 1988
- Angelique BoyerFrench born Mexican actress and modelborn 1988
- Angelique WidjajaIndonesian tennis playerborn 1984
- Angelique CabralAmerican actressborn 1979
- Angelique PettyjohnAmerican actress and burlesque queen (1943-1992)
- Angelique SerieseDutch judokaborn 1968
- Angélique SpincerFrench handball playerborn 1984
- Angélique ArvanitakiFrench neurophysiologist1901–1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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