Given name & surname
Engel
“a messenger from heaven; an angel”
Engel is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a messenger from heaven; an angel.”
Original GermanEngels
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a messenger from heaven; an angel.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Engel through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 55 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,994 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,994 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 391 as a first name in 2020; 21,158 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.
Engel’s family of names
Engel has a feminine form in Engela. Engel has a related form in Engell. Engel has a related form in Engelo.
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Around the world
Engel has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Engelsvariant · German
- Engelevariant · German
- Ingelvariant · German
- Engelkenvariant · German
- Engelkevariant · German
- Engeleinvariant · German
- Enjelovariant
- Enjelvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Engel
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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