Given name & surname
Anghel
Anghel is a masculine given name from Greek. It is used in Romanian.
Original GreekΆγγελος
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anghel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 321 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anghel’s family of names
In Romanian usage, Anghel shares an earlier linguistic root with înger. In Romanian usage, Anghel has a conventional equivalent in the English form Angelo. In Romanian usage, Anghel was borrowed from the Greek form Άγγελος.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Anghel has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anghel
- Anghel IordănescuRomanian footballer and manager (born 1950)
- Anghel SalignyRomanian engineer1854–1925
- Anghel DemetriescuRomanian historian and writer1847–1903
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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