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Angelia

girl name
Origin
Greek
Syllables
4
Peak era
1950s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Angela, 'angel, messenger'

The story

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Angelia around the world

One shared root links 10 names across 4 languages.

Shared root: from Greek angelos "messenger", the church's angel made a given name across the Romance languages

The constellation

AngeliaEnglish · variantAngelaEnglishAngelSpanishAngeloItalianAngelicaItalianAngeliqueFrench

More branches

AngieEnglish · short formAngelinaItalian · diminutiveAngelineFrench · diminutiveAngelitaSpanish · diminutive

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1950s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Angelia peaked in the 1950s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

834 people · the #9,381 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 250,000 · median age 42

1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Angelia living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Angelia

People given the name Angelia in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1960 to 1989. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Angelia

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The Angelia deep dive

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