Meaning & origin
What it means
Anioł goes back to Latin Angelus, meaning “messenger.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Anioł shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel. Angel has been associated with Greek and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος.
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The story
Anioł 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
Anioł’s family of names
In Polish usage, Anioł has a diminutive in Aniołeczek. Anioł shares a linguistic root with Angel. In Polish usage, Anioł has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ange.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anioł has relatives in 9 languages.
11 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Angelcognate · English
- AngelusLatin
- AngeFrench
- АнгелRussian
- ΆγγελοςGreek
- ÁngelSpanish
- AndělCzech
- GotzonBasque
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