Angela

See also angelą, Ángela, Angéla, and anĝela

English

Etymology

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek angelos "messenger, angel".

Proper noun

Angela

1. A female given name.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: III:iii:56

     Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.

   • 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins. ISBN 0 00 649840 X Chapter I, page 5:

     And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway.

     ibid., page 39:

     The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela, behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is Angela? I didn't know the Irish had any Angelas.

Usage notes

• Name of an Italian 15th/16th century saint. In general use in English since the 18th century.

Related terms

• pet form: Angie, Ang, Ange
• variants: Angel, Angelica, Angelina, Angeline, Angelique
• male names: Angel, Angelo

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安杰拉 (cmn) (Ānjiélā), 安吉拉 (cmn) (Ānjílā), (German) 安格拉 (cmn) (Āngélā), (angel) 天使 (cmn) (Tiānshǐ)

• Czech: Anděla (cs) f
• Estonian: Angela (et)
• French: Angèle (fr) f
• German: Angela (de) f
• Inuktitut: ᐋᓐᔨᓚ (iu) (Aanjila)

• Italian: Angela (it) f
• Japanese: アンジェラ (ja) (Anjera), (German) アンゲラ (ja) (Angera)
• Latvian: Anžela (lv) f
• Russian: Анжела (ru) (Anžéla) f, (English) Анджела (ru) (Ándžela) f, (German) Ангела (ru) (Ángela) f, (Spanish) Анхела (ru) (Ánxela) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Anđela (sh)
• Spanish: Ángela (es) f
• Swedish: Angela (sv)

Anagrams

• alnage, galena, lagena

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Estonian

Proper noun

Angela

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

Related terms

• Angelika
• Angelina

See also

• Ingel

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German

Proper noun

Angela

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

Related terms

• Angelika, Angelina

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Italian

Proper noun

Angela f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

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Latin

Proper noun

Angela (genitive Angelae); f, first declension

1. A female given name, cognate to the English Angela.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Angela	Angelae
genitive	Angelae	Angelārum
dative	Angelae	Angelīs
accusative	Angelam	Angelās
ablative	Angelā	Angelīs
vocative	Angela	Angelae

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Swedish

Proper noun

Angela

1. A female given name, cognate to Angela.

Related terms

• Angelica