Angela

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See also: angela, angelą, Angéla, anĝela, Ángela, Ângela, and Āngēlā

English

Etymology

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Angela

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 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 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.

Translations

Anagrams

Estonian

Proper noun

Angela

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela.

See also

Faroese

Proper noun

Angela f

  1. a female given name from Latin

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Angela: Angeluson
  • daughter of Angela: Angeludóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Angela
Accusative Angelu
Dative Angelu
Genitive Angelu

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aŋˈɡeːla/, /ˈaŋɡela/, /ˈaŋəla/
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Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angelas)

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela.

Italian

Proper noun

Angela f

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela.

Latin

Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angelae); first declension

  1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Angela Angelae
Genitive Angelae Angelārum
Dative Angelae Angelīs
Accusative Angelam Angelās
Ablative Angelā Angelīs
Vocative Angela Angelae

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Angela f (genitive singular Angely, nominative plural Angely, declension pattern of žena)

  1. a female given name from Latin.

Declension

Declension of Angela
singular plural
nominative Angela Angely
genitive Angely Angel, Angiel
dative Angele Angelám
accusative Angelu Angely
locative Angele Angelách
instrumental Angelou Angelami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Angela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swedish

Proper noun

Angela c (genitive Angelas)

  1. a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela.
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