Angel

Where Angel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Angel.

  • Latin
  • English
  • 2 syllables
Angel through the years
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #755 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Angel Coulby born
    English actress
  3. 1986
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 2000
    Angel Gomes born
    English association football player
  5. 2006
    Peak, #31
    11,602 babies named Angel, the most in any year.
  6. 2016
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #70.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name
  • A male given name
  • A male given name, variant of Angelo
  • A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century
  • A male given name from Spanish Ángel, as an anglicization
  • A female given name
  • A female given name, variant of Angela
  • A female given name from English, of modern usage, from the English noun angel.
Namesakes
  • Angel Gomes · English association football player, born 2000
  • Angel Coulby · English actress, born 1980
  • Angel Dark · pornographic performer, born 1982
  • Angel McCoughtry · American basketball player, born 1986
  • Angel Haze · American rapper and singer, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.