Angel is from the Greek angelos (messenger) — a 19th-century English shortening of Angela / Angelica. **Used as both masculine and feminine; in the United States the feminine usage is more common in English, the masculine more common in Spanish**. **A top-200 US baby name for girls from 1999 to 2017**. **Angel Reese (born 2002)** — **American basketball player; **set the WNBA single-season record for double-doubles in 2024 — her rookie season — with 26, surpassing the previous record (Tina Charles, 23) in the season's 35th game**; led WNBA rookies in rebounding. **NCAA national champion at LSU (2023)**. **Founded the Angel Reese Foundation supporting young women athletes**. **Angel Olsen (born 1987)** — American singer-songwriter. **Angel Haze** — American rapper. **Angel** is also the Buffy the Vampire Slayer character Angelus (male). **Angela Davis, Angel of the North** — major Angela / Angel cultural references.
Featured throughout 2024 WNBA history.
Angel reduces to seven — the number of messenger.