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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Greek: Heavenly messenger
  2. English: Messenger
  3. English: Messenger

First name variations: Agnola, Aindrea, Ancela, Ange, Angele, Angell, Angella, Angellah, Angelica, Angelika, Angelin, Angelina, Angelinah, Angeline, Angeliqua, Angeliquah, Angelique, Angelle, Angelita, Angiola, Angelo, Aniela, Anja, Anjah, Anjal, Anjala, Anjalah, Anjel, Anjela, Anjelah, Anjella, Anjelle, Engel, Engela, Engelah, Enjele, Engelchen, Engelica, Engelika, Engell, Engella, Engellah, Engelle, Engelyca, Engelycka, Engelyka, Engeliqua, Engeliquah, Engelique, Enjel, Enjela, Enjelah, Enjele, Enjell, Enjella, Enjellah, Enjelle, Enjelliqua, Enjelliquah, Enjellique, Enjellyca, Enjellycah, Enjellycka, Enjellyka, Enjellyqua, Enjellyquah, Enjellyque, Angela, Ange, Angelico, Angell, Angelo, Angil, Angyl

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: from Middle English angel ‘angel’ (from Latin angelus), probably applied as a nickname for someone of angelic temperament or appearance or for someone who played the part of an angel in a pageant. As a North American surname it may also be an Americanized form of a cognate European surname, as for example Italian Angelo, Rumanian Anghel, Czech Anděl, or Hungarian Angyal.
  2. German: ethnic name for a member of a Germanic people on the Jutland peninsula; members of this tribe invaded eastern and northern Britain in the 5th–6th centuries and gave their name to England. See Engel.
  3. Slovenian (eastern Slovenia): from the Latin personal name Angelus.

This name appears in the following lists: Angels, Olympic Medalists