Gender:
Origin:
Greek
859 famous people named Angela found on Wikipedia.
664903 female, 2136 male in US.
Most recent ranking:
264-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
5-th in year 1976
Used in: Dutch, English, German, Italian, Late-Roman, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovene
A female given name: from a Greek word meaning “messenger.”.
Angela is a female given name. The origin of the name is Latin and its background is Christian. It is derived from the Greek word ángelos (αγγελος), meaning "messenger of gods".
In the United States, the name "Angela" was at its most popular between 1965 and 1979, when it was ranked among the top 10 names for girls. Since 1900 in America, it has been ranked among the 300 most popular names. It has been falling from its peak of popularity, and had fallen to 133rd by 2008. The variation Angelina was ranked as the 69th most popular name in 2008 in the United States, while Angel was ranked 160th.
Fem. proper name, Latin fem. of angelus "angel" (see angel).
Feminine form of Angelus: messenger.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Angela Merkel | 1954 | Chancellor of Germany |
2 | Angela Lansbury | 1925 | British-American actress and singer |
3 | Angela Bassett | 1958 | American actress |
4 | Angela Davis | 1944 | American political activist, scholar, and author |
5 | Angela Kinsey | 1971 | American actress |
6 | Angela Sarafyan | 1983 | Actress |
7 | Angela Eagle | 1961 | British politician; Labour MP for Wallasey |
8 | Angela White | 1985 | Australian actress & political candidate |
9 | Angela Cartwright | 1952 | British actress |
10 | Angela Yee | 1976 | American radio presenter |
11 | Angela | Fictional character in the Image and Marvel Universes | |
12 | Angela Raiola | 1960 | American actress |
13 | Angela Martin | ||
14 | Angela Montenegro | Fictional human | |
15 | Angela Rippon | 1944 | English television presenter |
16 | Angela Hitler | 1883 | Elder half-sister of Adolf Hitler |
17 | Angela Scanlon | 1983 | Irish television presenter |
18 | Angela Rye | 1979 | |
19 | Angela Gossow | 1974 | German singer |
20 | Angela Griffin | 1976 | English actress |
21 | Angela Rockwood | 1975 | Actress |
22 | Angela Carter | 1940 | English novelist |
23 | Angela Trimbur | 1981 | American actress, comedian and dancer |
24 | Angela Ahrendts | 1960 | American businesswoman |
25 | Angela Hartnett | 1968 | British chef |
26 | Angela Featherstone | 1965 | Canadian actress |
27 | Angela Rayner | 1980 | British politician |
28 | Angela Bettis | 1973 | Actress from the United States |
29 | Angela Fong | 1985 | Canadian wrestler |
30 | Angela Lee | 1996 | Mixed martial artist |
31 | Angela Lindvall | 1979 | American model |
32 | Angela Duckworth | American psychologist awarded MacArthur Fellowship | |
33 | Angela Thorne | 1939 | Actress |
34 | Angela Douglas | 1940 | British actress |
35 | Angela Watson | 1975 | American actress |
36 | Angela Chang | 1982 | Taiwanese singer and actress |
37 | Angela Maas | 1959 | German television presenter and journalist |
38 | Angela Bofill | 1954 | American singer |
39 | Angela Morant | 1941 | British actress |
40 | Angela Winbush | 1955 | American R&B/soul singer-songwriter |
41 | Angela Goethals | 1977 | Actress |
42 | Angela Morley | 1924 | English composer |
43 | Angela Pleasence | 1941 | British actress |
44 | Angela Gheorghiu | 1965 | Romanian opera soprano |
45 | Angela Krislinzki | ||
46 | Angela Petrelli | Fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes | |
47 | Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon | 1959 | British politician |
48 | Angela Scoular | 1945 | English actress |
49 | Angela Mao | 1952 | Taiwan actor |
50 | Angela Robinson | 1971 | Film director, screenwriter |
51 | Angela Lonsdale | 1970 | British actress |
52 | Angela Corey | 1954 | American lawyer |
53 | Sharon Angela | 2000 | American actress |
54 | Angela Merici | 1474 | Foundress of the Ursulines |
55 | Angela Aki | 1977 | Japanese musician |
56 | Angela Paton | 1930 | American actor, stage actor and television actor (1930-2016) |
57 | Angela Atwood | 1949 | American criminal |
58 | Angela Salvagno | 1976 | American bodybuilder |
59 | Angela Jones | 1968 | American actress |
60 | Angela Visser | 1966 | Dutch female model |
61 | Angela Alvarado | 1972 | American actress/music director |
62 | Angela Jonsson | 1990 | Model |
63 | Angela Ruggiero | 1980 | Ice hockey player |
64 | Angela Groothuizen | 1959 | Dutch singer-songwriter |
65 | Angela Sun | 1982 | American journalist |
66 | Angela Baddeley | 1904 | Actress |
67 | Angela Little | 1972 | American actress |
68 | Angela Aames | 1956 | Actress |
69 | Angela Bruce | 1951 | British actress |
70 | Angela Summers | 1964 | American pornographic actor |
71 | Angela Lorente | 1958 | Spanish journalist |
72 | Angela Rypien | 1990 | Lingerie football player |
73 | Angela Fritzsch | 1961 | German television presenter |
74 | Angela Wiederhut | 1976 | German voice actor |
75 | Angela Tong | 1975 | Canadian model |
76 | Angela Ascher | 1977 | German actress |
77 | Angela Perez Baraquio | 1976 | American beauty queen |
78 | Angela Phương Trinh | 1995 | |
79 | Angela McCluskey | 2000 | British singer |
80 | Angela Santomero | 1968 | American television executive producer and creator |
81 | Angela Hewitt | 1958 | Canadian classical pianist |
82 | Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts | 1814 | British peer, philanthropist and humanitarian |
83 | Angela Barnes | 1976 | Comedian |
84 | Angela of Foligno | 1248 | Italian saint |
85 | Angela Martini | 1986 | Model, Miss Universe Albania 2010, 6th place at Miss Universe 2010 |
86 | Angela Mortimer | 1932 | English tennis player |
87 | Angela Cannings | British wronfully convicted of Murder | |
88 | Angela Warnick Buchdahl | 1972 | Rabbi |
89 | Angela Kang | American television writer | |
90 | Angela Richards | 1944 | British actress |
91 | Angela Wiedl | 1967 | German musician |
92 | Angela Melillo | 1967 | Italian actress |
93 | Angela Dohrmann | 1965 | American actress |
94 | Piero Angela | 1928 | Italian science journalist |
95 | Angela Hunte | 1975 | American musician and singer-songwriter |
96 | Angela McRobbie | 1941 | British academic |
97 | Angela Bloomfield | 1972 | New Zealand actress |
98 | Angela Rafanelli | 1978 | Italian television presenter |
99 | Angela James | 1964 | Canadian ice hockey player |
100 | Angela McGlowan | 1970 | American television personality |
101 | Angela Constance | 1970 | Scottish politician |
102 | Angela Wynter | 1954 | British actress |
103 | Angela Funovits | 1987 | American magician, mentalist, and physician |
104 | Angela Winkler | 1944 | German actress |
105 | Angela Punch McGregor | 1953 | Australian stage and film actress. |
106 | Angela Brazil | 1868 | English children's writer |
107 | Angela Down | 1946 | English actress |
108 | Angela Marquardt | 1971 | German politician |
109 | Angela Lanza | American actress | |
110 | Angela Wozniak | 1987 | American politician |
111 | Alberto Angela | 1962 | Italian paleontologist and scientific popularizer |
112 | Angela Dotchin | 1974 | New Zealand actress |
113 | Angela Browne | 1938 | |
114 | Angela Thirkell | 1890 | British writer |
115 | Angela Steidele | 1968 | German non-fiction writer and writer |
116 | Angela Salinas | United States Marine Corps general | |
117 | Angela Watkinson | 1941 | British politician |
118 | Angela Correa | American singer | |
119 | Angela Stanford | 1977 | American golfer |
120 | Angela Sandritter | 1975 | German actress |
121 | Angela Manalang-Gloria | 1907 | Filipino writer |
122 | Angela Buxton | 1934 | Tennis player from United Kingdom |
123 | Angela Bennett | 1945 | Mining heiress |
124 | Angela Bulloch | 1966 | Canadian plastician |
125 | Angela Braly | 1961 | American businesswoman |
126 | Angela Walker | 1974 | |
127 | Angela Dimitriou | 1954 | Greek singer |
128 | Angela Rose | 1978 | American activist |
129 | Angela Brink | 1972 | Danish journalist |
130 | Angela Tsun | 1982 | Television presenter |
131 | Angela Shelton | 1972 | American film director |
132 | Angela Chow | 1972 | Canadian actress |
133 | Angela Luther | 1940 | |
134 | Angela Hill | 1949 | American Journalist |
135 | Angela Johnson | 1961 | American poet, children's writer |
136 | June Angela | 1959 | Actress/singer/dancer |
137 | Angela Galuppo | 1983 | Actress, singer |
138 | Angela Park | 1988 | Professional golfer |
139 | Angela Crawley | 1987 | Scottish politician |
140 | Angela Brown-Burke | Jamaican politician | |
141 | Angela McLean | 1970 | American politician |
142 | Angela Kelly | British fashion designer | |
143 | Angela Wang | 1996 | Figure skater |
144 | Angela Buttiglione | 1945 | Italian journalist |
145 | Angela Gerekou | 1959 | Greek politician and actor |
146 | Angela Dodson | 1980 | American actress |
147 | Angela Channing | ||
148 | Angela Luce | 1938 | Actress, singer |
149 | Angela Hucles | 1978 | Soccer player |
150 | Angela Brown | 1962 | American opera singer |
151 | Angela Pan | 1945 | Chinese actress |
152 | Angela Brusa | 1980 | Italian actress |
153 | Angela Strehli | 1945 | American electric blues singer and songwriter |
154 | Angela Nikodinov | 1980 | American figure skater |
155 | Angela du Maurier | 1904 | British writer |
156 | Angela McEwan | 1934 | American actress |
157 | Angela Rivera-Parr | 1979 | Female kickboxer and mixed martial artist |
158 | Angela Stevens | 1925 | American actress and singer |
159 | Angela V. Shelton | 1970 | American actress |
160 | Angela Nissel | 1978 | Television writer |
161 | Angela Ciochină | 1955 | |
162 | Angela Di Cosimo | 1976 | |
163 | Angela Sommer-Bodenburg | 1948 | German author |
164 | Angela Saunders | 1977 | British model and actor |
165 | Angela Meade | 1977 | Opera singer |
166 | Angela Grant | 1950 | British actress |
167 | Angela Wright | British businessperson | |
168 | Angela Gonța | 1978 | |
169 | Angela Goodwin | 1925 | Italian actress |
170 | Angela Tincher | 1985 | American softball player |
171 | Angela Harry | 1963 | American actress and model |
172 | Angela Alioto | 1949 | Attorney and politician |
173 | Angela Neumann | 1960 | German actress |
174 | Angela Benton | 1981 | Internet Entrepreneur |
175 | Angela Volpini | 1940 | |
176 | Angela of the Cross | 1846 | Spanish saint |
177 | Angela Madsen | 1960 | American paralympic athlete |
178 | Angela Catterns | 1953 | Australian radio personality |
179 | Angela Belcher | 1968 | American biochemist |
180 | Angela Finocchiaro | 1955 | Italian actress |
181 | Angela Rumbold | 1932 | British politician |
182 | Angela Elwell Hunt | 1957 | American writer |
183 | Angela de la Cruz | 1965 | Spanish artist |
184 | Angela Kovács | 1964 | Swedish actress |
185 | Angela Webber | 1954 | Australian comedian |
186 | Angela Taylor | 1965 | American athlete |
187 | Angela Browning | 1946 | British politician |
188 | Angela Pschigode | 1937 | German actress |
189 | Angela Mason | 1944 | Businesswoman, activist |
190 | Angela Fernando | 1991 | Filipino model |
191 | Angela Christian | American actress and singer | |
192 | Angela Gomes | 1952 | Bangladeshi social worker |
193 | Angela Hunter | Character from Green Wing | |
194 | Angela Schijf | 1979 | Dutch actress |
195 | Angela Kane | 1948 | German diplomat |
196 | Angela Stresemann | 1952 | German actress and voice actress |
197 | Angela Clayton | 1959 | Transgender rights activists and physicist |
198 | Angela Huth | 1938 | English novelist and journalist |
199 | Angela Stent | 1947 | Academic |
200 | Angela Malik | 1971 | Modern British Asian chef |