Meaning & History
Greek word meaning "messenger", later acquiring the sense "angel".
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Other Languages & Culturesangelus(Ancient Roman) angil(Frankish) angelica(Late Roman) engil(Old High German)
Given Name DescendantsAnxhela(Albanian) Anzhela(Armenian) Aingeru(Basque) Anzhela(Belarusian) Angel, Anzhela, Evangeliya(Bulgarian) Angelica(Carolingian Cycle) Àngel, Àngela, Àngels(Catalan) Anđela, Anđelka, Anđelko, Anđelo(Croatian) Anděla(Czech) Angela, Angelique(Dutch) Angel, Angela, Angelia, Angelica, Anjelica, Evangelina, Evangeline, Angelle(English) Ange, Angèle, Angélique(French) Ánxela, Anxo(Galician) Angela, Angelika, Engel(German) Engel(Germanic) Angela, Angeliki, Angelos, Evangelia, Evangelos, Vangelis(Greek) Angéla, Angelika, Angyalka(Hungarian) Aingeal(Irish) Angela, Angelica, Angelo, Angiola, Angiolo, Evangelista(Italian) Agathangelos(Late Greek) Angela, Angelus(Late Roman) Anželika(Latvian) Angelė, Anželika(Lithuanian) Angel, Angela, Evangelija, Vangel(Macedonian) Andżelika, Angelika, Aniela(Polish) Ângela, Angélica, Ângelo, Evangelista(Portuguese) Angela, Angelica, Anghel(Romanian) Angela, Anjelika, Anzhela, Anzhelika(Russian) Ànghela, Ànghelu(Sardinian) Anđela, Anđelka, Anđelko, Andjela(Serbian) Angela(Slovak) Angela(Slovene) Ángel, Ángela, Ángeles, Angélica, Evangelina, Evangelista(Spanish) Anzhela, Anzhelika(Ukrainian)
Surname DescendantsAngelov, Angelova(Bulgarian) Angioli, D'Angelo, De Angelis, Evangelista(Italian) Angelov, Angelova(Macedonian) Evangelista(Portuguese) Anghelescu(Romanian) Evangelista(Spanish)