Angela
Meaning of Angela
Angela springs from the Latin word “angelus,” so she arrives already wearing a tiny halo and carrying a passport stamped “heaven.” From ancient Rome to modern barrios and bustling piazzas, the name has fluttered on gentle wings: in Spanish she’s ahn-HEH-lah, in Italian she’s ahn-JEH-lah, and in English she rings out as AN-juh-luh, bright and breezy. She stormed U.S. charts in the swinging ’60s, shot to superstar ranks in the disco-lit ’70s, and now glides along as a timeless classic. Images stick to her like stars to a midnight cloak—guardian angels, white lilies, silver trumpets—but she also flashes real-world sparkle thanks to icons like Angela Bassett’s fire and Angela Merkel’s iron poise. Short, sweet, and glowing like sunrise on ancient stone, Angela lets parents gift their daughter a name that whispers “you are loved” in every language.
Pronunciation
Spanish
- Pronunced as ahn-HEH-lah (/aň.ˈhe.la/)
Italian
- Pronunced as ahn-JEH-lah (/an.ˈdje.la/)
American English
- Pronunced as AN-juh-luh (/ˈæn.dʒə.lə/)
British English
- Pronunced as AN-juh-luh (/ˈaŋ.dʒə.lə/)
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Notable People Named Angela
| Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German former chancellor who led Germany from 2005 to 2021, the first woman and only East German to hold the office, after leading the CDU and serving as opposition leader. |
| Dame Angela Lansbury was a British, American, and Irish actress, producer, and comedian whose 80-year career on film, stage, and TV won worldwide acclaim. |
| Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Marxist and feminist activist, scholar, and author, a Distinguished Professor Emerita at UC Santa Cruz and longtime CPUSA member, CCDS founder, and participant in Occupy and BDS. |
| Angela Bassett is an acclaimed American actress active since the 1980s, honored with an Emmy, two Golden Globes, two Academy Award nominations, a 2023 Time 100 listing, and an Academy Honorary Award. |
| Angela James is a Canadian ice hockey star who played from 1980 to 2000 in the COWHL and NWHL, won six league MVP awards, and is now a certified referee and coach living in Richmond Hill, Ontario. |
| Angela Rayner is a British Labour politician and trade unionist, a socialist MP for Ashton under Lyne since 2015 who later served as Deputy Labour leader, UK Deputy Prime Minister, and Communities Secretary. |
| Angela Tincher O'Brien is a former All-American and pro All-Star softball pitcher who set ACC and NCAA records and later coached at Virginia Tech. |
| Angela Catterns is an Australian broadcaster known for hosting Mornings on Triple J and 702 ABC Sydney Breakfast and for co hosting a holiday Breakfast with Wendy Harmer. |
| Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts, was a British philanthropist who became one of the wealthiest women in England after inheriting a vast fortune in 1837, adopted the Burdett-Coutts name by royal licence, and was praised by Edward VII as second only to his mother. |
| Angela Carter was an English novelist and short story writer famed for feminist magical realism, best known for The Bloody Chamber, with work adapted for film and honored with top British literary awards. |
| Angela Faye Kinsey is an American actress best known for The Office who later appeared in Tall Girl and AP Bio and cohosts the podcast Office Ladies. |
| Dame Angela Ahrendts is an American and British business leader, former Burberry CEO and Apple senior vice president of retail, widely ranked among the most powerful women and a former member of the United Kingdom Prime Minister business advisory council. |
| Angela Merici was an Italian Catholic educator who in 1535 founded the Company of St. Ursula to educate girls. |
| Angela Lee Duckworth is an American psychologist and popular science author, a University of Pennsylvania professor known for research on grit and self-control, and the founder of the nonprofit Character Lab. |
| Angela Veta Russell is a Crow Tribe civil rights activist and Democratic state legislator who represented Montana House District 99 and took part in the Selma to Montgomery marches and Native American advocacy. |
