Angela Forename
97th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,976,946 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Angela Forename Definition:
A female name. a f. form of Angel q.v. There was a 14th-C Franciscan saint of the name, and it has been used occasionally in Italy and France (Angèle). Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says ‘occasionally used by lovers of ornamental names’, and that Angel and Angela are sometimes found in the 17th C.
Read More About This ForenameAngela Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 865,173 | 1:419 | 63 |
| Italy | 100% | 626,598 | 1:97 | 12 |
| Brazil | 100% | 301,878 | 1:710 | 101 |
| England | 100% | 192,099 | 1:289 | 55 |
| Germany | 100% | 191,627 | 1:505 | 146 |
| Mexico | 100% | 159,841 | 1:777 | 153 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 131,350 | 1:1,352 | 242 |
| Colombia | 100% | 122,436 | 1:390 | 59 |
| Argentina | 100% | 117,344 | 1:365 | 87 |
| Spain | 100% | 108,094 | 1:430 | 94 |
| Ecuador | - | 65,410 | 1:271 | 43 |
| Canada | 100% | 63,867 | 1:519 | 99 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 55,923 | 1:540 | 67 |
| Philippines | 99% | 44,205 | 1:2,398 | 477 |
| Peru | 100% | 43,394 | 1:733 | 138 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 42,673 | 1:1,237 | 259 |
| Angola | 100% | 41,703 | 1:647 | 131 |
| Ghana | 100% | 38,375 | 1:703 | 168 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 36,453 | 1:286 | 30 |
| Mozambique | - | 35,999 | 1:757 | 164 |
| Cuba | - | 34,751 | 1:331 | 83 |
| Australia | - | 30,243 | 1:452 | 100 |
| Zambia | - | 29,194 | 1:543 | 116 |
| Chile | 100% | 28,478 | 1:618 | 142 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 26,324 | 1:612 | 120 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 23,684 | 1:714 | 161 |
| Kenya | 100% | 23,585 | 1:1,963 | 360 |
| Portugal | - | 23,023 | 1:452 | 87 |
| Scotland | 100% | 22,467 | 1:238 | 53 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 22,386 | 1:269 | 25 |
| Honduras | 100% | 19,050 | 1:463 | 72 |
| Romania | 100% | 18,986 | 1:1,056 | 164 |
| El Salvador | - | 17,428 | 1:364 | 56 |
| South Africa | 100% | 17,344 | 1:3,144 | 589 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 17,108 | 1:620 | 147 |
| Austria | 100% | 16,504 | 1:516 | 128 |
| Moldova | 100% | 16,380 | 1:217 | 57 |
| Ireland | 100% | 14,381 | 1:323 | 60 |
| New Zealand | - | 13,403 | 1:338 | 61 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 13,301 | 1:1,777 | 420 |
| Uganda | 99% | 13,229 | 1:3,096 | 406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 12,945 | 1:630 | 67 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 12,714 | 1:569 | 120 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12,360 | 1:665 | 147 |
| Sudan | - | 12,097 | 1:3,125 | 546 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 11,454 | 1:1,347 | 244 |
| Wales | 100% | 11,081 | 1:279 | 54 |
| Indonesia | 87% | 10,069 | 1:25,620 | 3,506 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 8,400 | 1:3,884 | 588 |
| Panama | 100% | 6,814 | 1:573 | 82 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,494 | 1:734 | 152 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,458 | 1:1,779 | 405 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 6,123 | 1:402 | 110 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 6,111 | 1:4,983 | 567 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 6,095 | 1:562 | 125 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,020 | 1:306 | 68 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 93% | 6,013 | 1:189 | 53 |
| France | 100% | 5,627 | 1:11,813 | 703 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 4,862 | 1:15,185 | 1,360 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,505 | 1:4,797 | 759 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,230 | 1:682 | 175 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,104 | 1:4,170 | 654 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,078 | 1:5,100 | 865 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3,831 | 1:1,386 | 173 |
| Poland | 100% | 3,817 | 1:9,963 | 460 |
| China | - | 3,660 | 1:373,239 | 22,930 |
| Congo | 100% | 3,584 | 1:1,398 | 232 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,351 | 1:406 | 28 |
| Thailand | 100% | 3,210 | 1:21,827 | 2,954 |
| India | 100% | 3,206 | 1:378,939 | 32,995 |
| Greece | 100% | 3,088 | 1:3,541 | 303 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,841 | 1:56,129 | 4,629 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,390 | 1:12,892 | 1,818 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,382 | 1:4,138 | 500 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,342 | 1:39,240 | 2,461 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,175 | 1:5,228 | 928 |
| Barbados | - | 2,139 | 1:135 | 5 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,644 | 1:243 | 32 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,591 | 1:90,656 | 1,776 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,546 | 1:358 | 21 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,545 | 1:2,298 | 275 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,313 | 1:4,788 | 822 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,301 | 1:5,959 | 498 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| Cyprus | 89% | 1,214 | 1:718 | 116 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,163 | 1:9,224 | 1,029 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1,067 | 1:6,697 | 699 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,044 | 1:731 | 78 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,018 | 1:8,254 | 1,136 |
| Namibia | - | 1,006 | 1:2,390 | 443 |
| Croatia | 100% | 914 | 1:4,614 | 536 |
| Estonia | 100% | 882 | 1:1,491 | 343 |
| Morocco | - | 873 | 1:39,346 | 1,828 |
| Qatar | 100% | 838 | 1:2,828 | 393 |
| Yemen | - | 808 | 1:32,545 | 1,072 |
| Vanuatu | - | 689 | 1:380 | 74 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 663 | 1:876 | 170 |
| Gabon | 100% | 641 | 1:2,938 | 671 |
| Malta | - | 625 | 1:687 | 159 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 602 | 1:51,140 | 1,931 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 583 | 1:267 | 45 |
| Hungary | 100% | 561 | 1:17,454 | 384 |
| Cape Verde | - | 550 | 1:962 | 150 |
| Czechia | 100% | 547 | 1:19,481 | 563 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 537 | 1:10,480 | 1,069 |
| Botswana | 100% | 485 | 1:4,504 | 755 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 478 | 1:1,180 | 238 |
| Denmark | - | 463 | 1:12,202 | 937 |
| Samoa | - | 456 | 1:428 | 122 |
| Jersey | 100% | 455 | 1:220 | 36 |
| Norway | 100% | 413 | 1:12,427 | 976 |
| Japan | - | 409 | 1:312,924 | 8,758 |
| Belize | 100% | 395 | 1:897 | 176 |
| Saint Martin | - | 384 | 1:93 | 26 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 361 | 1:493 | 51 |
| Albania | 100% | 332 | 1:9,176 | 1,486 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 318 | 1:604 | 83 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 307 | 1:277 | 94 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 294 | 1:373 | 39 |
| Iraq | 100% | 275 | 1:127,338 | 2,744 |
| South Korea | 100% | 272 | 1:20,384 | 1,941 |
| Bahrain | - | 266 | 1:5,070 | 791 |
| Taiwan | 88% | 266 | 1:89,360 | 11,046 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Dominica | - | 258 | 1:293 | 63 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 243 | 1:14,504 | 1,433 |
| Ivory Coast | 99% | 242 | 1:95,355 | 5,902 |
| French Polynesia | - | 238 | 1:1,168 | 261 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 234 | 1:5,546 | 859 |
| Brunei | - | 220 | 1:1,907 | 194 |
| Guam | - | 220 | 1:730 | 139 |
| Aruba | - | 217 | 1:478 | 57 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 200 | 1:10,454 | 1,424 |
| Kazakhstan | 98% | 186 | 1:95,413 | 2,944 |
| Armenia | 100% | 173 | 1:16,871 | 1,098 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 173 | 1:40,407 | 2,237 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 165 | 1:1,637 | 349 |
| Andorra | - | 163 | 1:509 | 81 |
| Grenada | 100% | 160 | 1:676 | 109 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 159 | 1:1,222,375 | 19,967 |
| San Marino | 100% | 158 | 1:208 | 54 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 154 | 1:398 | 47 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Bermuda | - | 148 | 1:438 | 59 |
| Turkey | 100% | 143 | 1:544,068 | 7,323 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Liberia | 98% | 139 | 1:31,741 | 1,917 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 137 | 1:400 | 39 |
| Finland | 100% | 129 | 1:42,505 | 1,592 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 125 | 1:507 | 129 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 111 | 1:895 | 158 |
| Oman | - | 105 | 1:39,130 | 2,332 |
| Belarus | 96% | 98 | 1:96,759 | 1,009 |
| Benin | 100% | 97 | 1:109,029 | 6,527 |
| Jordan | 100% | 88 | 1:100,304 | 2,055 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 80 | 1:1,395 | 248 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 72 | 1:434 | 34 |
| Gibraltar | - | 72 | 1:474 | 99 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 72 | 1:759 | 145 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 71 | 1:1,305 | 317 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 70 | 1:102,171 | 8,224 |
| Iran | - | 64 | 1:1,226,514 | 9,532 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 61 | 1:569 | 96 |
| Vietnam | - | 61 | 1:1,518,412 | 2,988 |
| Latvia | 100% | 54 | 1:37,327 | 1,222 |
| Marshall Islands | 94% | 52 | 1:985 | 106 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 45 | 1:408,433 | 14,780 |
| Monaco | 100% | 45 | 1:855 | 183 |
| Macau | - | 39 | 1:15,595 | 312 |
| American Samoa | - | 37 | 1:1,509 | 210 |
| East Timor | - | 36 | 1:33,844 | 110 |
| Iceland | 100% | 36 | 1:10,167 | 921 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 29 | 1:457 | 30 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 29 | 1:1,694 | 359 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 27 | 1:17,616 | 451 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Georgia | 97% | 23 | 1:162,542 | 4,833 |
| Ukraine | - | 23 | 1:1,978,257 | 5,028 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 22 | 1:28,844 | 1,765 |
| Senegal | 100% | 21 | 1:694,350 | 7,738 |
| Syria | - | 20 | 1:965,304 | 3,164 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 18 | 1:113,333 | 9,408 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 17 | 1:957,255 | 15,446 |
| Tunisia | - | 17 | 1:39,818 | 2,239 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 15 | 1:2,524 | 355 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 15 | 1:389 | 108 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 13 | 1:741,765 | 12,605 |
| Palestine | 100% | 13 | 1:350,004 | 2,835 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 10 | 1:314 | 48 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| Nepal | - | 10 | 1:2,848,735 | 38,513 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Chad | 100% | 9 | 1:1,510,933 | 6,264 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:2,017 | 319 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Lithuania | 75% | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Micronesia | - | 6 | 1:17,750 | 599 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 4 | 1:432,054 | 199 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,493,319 | 26,894 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 3 | 1:81,141 | 2,130 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Bhutan | - | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Guinea | 100% | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Niger | - | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
The alternate forms: Ângela (15,801), Angéla (13,055), Ángela (42), Angèla (40), Àngela (2), Ãngela (1) & Angêla (1) are calculated separately.
Angela (17,522) may also be a surname.
Angela Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a f. form of Angel q.v. There was a 14th-C Franciscan saint of the name, and it has been used occasionally in Italy and France (Angèle). Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 says ‘occasionally used by lovers of ornamental names’, and that Angel and Angela are sometimes found in the 17th C. It remained uncommon until the end of the 19th C when it suddenly leapt into fashion. It was possibly Tractarian influence which led to its revival in the first place, for there is evidence of its having been given to children born on the eve of St Michael and All Angels. Lyford 1655 gives a name Angeletta, but there is no further evidence for its use.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
An English contraction of, and much more frequent than Angelica.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from the name Angel.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Greek (feminine) - Messenger from God.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Greek name, meaning: Angel.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Angela Forename Popularity
Angela Demographics
Angela Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 150,885 (2014)
United States
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Phonetically Similar Names
Angela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Angela in the Russian language | ||
| Ангела | angela | - |
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