Angel Forename
203rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,638,747 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Ecuador
Angel Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek άγγελος ‘a messenger’, used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew mal’āk yěhowah messenger of Jehovah (see Malachi), and adopted in most European languages as the name of these celestial visitors. Angelos was first used as a personal name in Byzantium, whence it spread to Sicily where there was a 13th-C saint of the name.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 421,164 | 1:295 | 50 |
| Spain | 100% | 282,945 | 1:164 | 20 |
| Ecuador | - | 220,907 | 1:80 | 9 |
| Argentina | 100% | 213,481 | 1:200 | 45 |
| United States | 74% | 212,878 | 1:1,703 | 346 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 199,761 | 1:151 | 12 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 167,521 | 1:441 | 74 |
| Colombia | 100% | 127,394 | 1:375 | 55 |
| Peru | 100% | 92,106 | 1:345 | 45 |
| Cuba | - | 84,279 | 1:137 | 24 |
| Philippines | 68% | 63,032 | 1:1,682 | 354 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 58,858 | 1:177 | 19 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 51,701 | 1:205 | 25 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 48,534 | 1:332 | 54 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 46,687 | 1:150 | 17 |
| Honduras | 100% | 37,417 | 1:236 | 26 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 35,954 | 1:99 | 18 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 28,280 | 1:256 | 37 |
| Chile | 91% | 27,604 | 1:638 | 145 |
| El Salvador | - | 16,103 | 1:394 | 61 |
| South Africa | 97% | 12,257 | 1:4,449 | 841 |
| Panama | 100% | 11,565 | 1:338 | 30 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 11,495 | 1:4,592 | 764 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 11,389 | 1:301 | 67 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 10,623 | 1:567 | 95 |
| Nigeria | 84% | 8,803 | 1:20,171 | 2,057 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 7,344 | 1:4,196 | 674 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 7,087 | 1:161 | 36 |
| Brazil | 97% | 6,595 | 1:32,485 | 2,637 |
| India | 82% | 6,515 | 1:186,474 | 19,696 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 6,256 | 1:762 | 162 |
| Uganda | 85% | 5,967 | 1:6,864 | 788 |
| Canada | 89% | 5,700 | 1:5,813 | 853 |
| Egypt | 75% | 5,552 | 1:16,553 | 1,344 |
| Zambia | - | 4,702 | 1:3,372 | 541 |
| Russia | 70% | 4,345 | 1:33,195 | 779 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,320 | 1:6,306 | 1,134 |
| Ghana | 50% | 4,102 | 1:6,579 | 742 |
| France | 91% | 4,083 | 1:16,280 | 821 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 4,032 | 1:39,549 | 3,676 |
| Malawi | 54% | 4,019 | 1:4,258 | 659 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 3,626 | 1:3,136 | 631 |
| Indonesia | 98% | 3,249 | 1:79,398 | 9,317 |
| Kenya | - | 2,841 | 1:16,300 | 1,735 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2,754 | 1:759 | 162 |
| Morocco | - | 2,593 | 1:13,247 | 955 |
| Angola | 100% | 2,429 | 1:11,102 | 1,238 |
| England | 54% | 2,356 | 1:23,601 | 1,416 |
| China | - | 2,250 | 1:607,136 | 28,167 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,146 | 1:9,692 | 1,463 |
| Romania | 71% | 1,873 | 1:10,706 | 866 |
| Germany | 86% | 1,344 | 1:71,933 | 1,742 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 1,319 | 1:16,384 | 1,608 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,197 | 1:8,835 | 1,258 |
| Swaziland | - | 1,179 | 1:1,103 | 270 |
| Iraq | 100% | 1,067 | 1:32,819 | 1,439 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,011 | 1:7,668 | 676 |
| Poland | 85% | 990 | 1:38,411 | 1,114 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 962 | 1:31,653 | 2,889 |
| Netherlands | 77% | 942 | 1:17,943 | 1,803 |
| Thailand | 79% | 929 | 1:75,421 | 7,041 |
| Lebanon | 94% | 889 | 1:6,330 | 817 |
| Greece | 85% | 809 | 1:13,516 | 758 |
| Zimbabwe | 84% | 738 | 1:20,899 | 2,266 |
| Australia | - | 737 | 1:18,531 | 1,354 |
| Syria | - | 719 | 1:26,851 | 1,248 |
| Belgium | 61% | 642 | 1:17,897 | 1,455 |
| Portugal | - | 609 | 1:17,095 | 865 |
| Switzerland | 56% | 540 | 1:15,210 | 1,227 |
| Uzbekistan | 70% | 505 | 1:60,963 | 2,122 |
| Bahrain | - | 503 | 1:2,681 | 438 |
| Belize | 88% | 497 | 1:713 | 109 |
| Liberia | 83% | 492 | 1:8,968 | 869 |
| Oman | - | 471 | 1:8,723 | 1,093 |
| Israel | 60% | 402 | 1:20,903 | 1,942 |
| Andorra | - | 371 | 1:223 | 42 |
| Kazakhstan | 69% | 359 | 1:49,434 | 2,024 |
| New Zealand | - | 358 | 1:12,671 | 1,212 |
| Sweden | 76% | 353 | 1:27,926 | 1,766 |
| Botswana | 100% | 343 | 1:6,369 | 1,023 |
| Italy | 63% | 332 | 1:183,922 | 2,711 |
| Qatar | 75% | 327 | 1:7,246 | 1,184 |
| Singapore | 81% | 327 | 1:19,226 | 3,599 |
| Taiwan | 64% | 317 | 1:74,983 | 9,868 |
| Guinea | 100% | 315 | 1:37,646 | 1,410 |
| Belarus | 78% | 264 | 1:35,918 | 516 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 261 | 1:5,216 | 894 |
| Jamaica | - | 238 | 1:12,114 | 1,272 |
| Mali | - | 221 | 1:76,822 | 3,384 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 217 | 1:718 | 225 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 177 | 1:1,098,066 | 18,680 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 175 | 1:14,050 | 1,062 |
| Aruba | - | 171 | 1:607 | 89 |
| Algeria | - | 164 | 1:232,785 | 3,400 |
| Guam | - | 164 | 1:980 | 210 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 160 | 1:686 | 122 |
| Serbia | 100% | 137 | 1:52,159 | 2,077 |
| Japan | - | 128 | 1:999,891 | 14,984 |
| Congo | 98% | 120 | 1:41,743 | 3,351 |
| Azerbaijan | 86% | 112 | 1:86,098 | 4,153 |
| Jordan | 99% | 104 | 1:84,873 | 1,923 |
| Norway | 100% | 104 | 1:49,349 | 2,059 |
| Senegal | 96% | 100 | 1:145,814 | 3,454 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Tajikistan | 67% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Armenia | 63% | 94 | 1:31,051 | 1,454 |
| Haiti | 71% | 93 | 1:115,344 | 6,271 |
| Scotland | 81% | 91 | 1:58,795 | 1,735 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 89 | 1:206,511 | 9,143 |
| Austria | 96% | 81 | 1:105,114 | 2,158 |
| Moldova | 100% | 80 | 1:44,514 | 863 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59% | 72 | 1:113,227 | 10,176 |
| Denmark | - | 71 | 1:79,570 | 2,519 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 70 | 1:2,540 | 473 |
| Czechia | 63% | 68 | 1:156,708 | 1,407 |
| Malta | - | 68 | 1:6,314 | 764 |
| Ireland | 99% | 67 | 1:69,306 | 1,986 |
| Palestine | 100% | 66 | 1:68,940 | 1,654 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 65 | 1:1,424,971 | 2,942 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 61 | 1:9,247 | 779 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 61 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 54 | 1:604,139 | 9,246 |
| Croatia | 100% | 50 | 1:84,342 | 2,268 |
| Tunisia | - | 49 | 1:13,814 | 1,193 |
| Latvia | 100% | 45 | 1:44,792 | 1,327 |
| Macau | - | 43 | 1:14,144 | 298 |
| Hungary | 96% | 42 | 1:233,137 | 1,173 |
| South Korea | - | 40 | 1:138,611 | 6,160 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Wales | 83% | 37 | 1:83,630 | 2,261 |
| Iran | 100% | 33 | 1:2,378,693 | 13,453 |
| Estonia | 100% | 31 | 1:42,432 | 2,607 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 31 | 1:230,709 | 14,681 |
| Finland | 74% | 29 | 1:189,075 | 3,312 |
| Albania | 95% | 27 | 1:112,836 | 7,482 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Turkey | 67% | 27 | 1:2,881,545 | 17,120 |
| Turkmenistan | 50% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 58% | 25 | 1:238,931 | 10,643 |
| South Sudan | 85% | 25 | 1:462,041 | 849 |
| Myanmar | - | 24 | 1:2,164,511 | 1,053 |
| Nepal | 100% | 24 | 1:1,186,973 | 23,750 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,665 | 568 |
| Georgia | 72% | 18 | 1:207,693 | 5,544 |
| Guyana | 83% | 18 | 1:42,403 | 4,175 |
| Ivory Coast | 54% | 18 | 1:1,281,996 | 34,985 |
| Niger | 100% | 18 | 1:1,065,777 | 16,400 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,838 | 426 |
| Laos | - | 16 | 1:411,678 | 310 |
| Sudan | 100% | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 15 | 1:354,004 | 1,850 |
| Grenada | 89% | 14 | 1:7,723 | 1,094 |
| Maldives | - | 14 | 1:30,993 | 1,167 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 14 | 1:41,497 | 2,683 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Nauru | 100% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:39,767 | 1,981 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 8 | 1:59,455 | 861 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Yemen | - | 8 | 1:3,287,094 | 4,116 |
| Jersey | - | 5 | 1:19,996 | 1,220 |
| Lesotho | - | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Bahamas | - | 4 | 1:99,842 | 1,712 |
| Brunei | - | 4 | 1:104,892 | 1,566 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Madagascar | - | 4 | 1:5,907,352 | 4,093 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Mauritania | - | 3 | 1:1,365,080 | 16,011 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:921,573 | 3,058 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Ángel (2,757), Àngel (107), Angèl (27), Angél (16), Ängel (6), Ângel (3) & Ãngel (3) are calculated separately.
Angel (179,476) may also be a surname.
Angel Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek άγγελος ‘a messenger’, used in the Septuagint to translate the Hebrew mal’āk yěhowah messenger of Jehovah (see Malachi), and adopted in most European languages as the name of these celestial visitors. Angelos was first used as a personal name in Byzantium, whence it spread to Sicily where there was a 13th-C saint of the name. Angelo, Agnolo has since been a fairly common name in Italy, Ange has been occasionally used in France, and Angel in England, where it occurs from 16th C onward, especially in Cornwall, as a man’s name. Probably the best-known example of its use is in Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urberwilles for Tess’s husband Angel Clare. In the 17th C Angel is also sometimes used instead of Angela (q.v.).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A female name derived from Sp. ángel, an angel, a spiritual being.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Angel Forename Popularity
Angel Demographics
Angel Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 385 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Angel Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Angel in the Russian language | ||
| Ангел | angel | - |
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