Given name & surname
Engels
Engels is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanEngel
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2016. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Engels through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 5 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 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 as a first name in 2020; 3,036 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.
Engels’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Engels shares a linguistic root with the English form ENGLISH. In German usage, Engels as a surname has a related form in Engel. In German usage, Engels as a surname has a related form in ENGELE.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Engels has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Englishcognate · English
- 恩格斯Chinese, Mandarin
- ЭнгельсRussian
- Ăng-ghenborrowing · Vietnamese
- EngelsoEsperanto
- Э́нгельсRussian
- エンゲルスJapanese
- ΈνγκελςGreek
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