Entry № 0171 · Greek origin

Angela Angela — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AN-jeh-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Messenger (Angela Merkel, 16-year German Chancellor)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Latin)

A name that means "messenger (angela merkel, 16-year german chancellor)".

Angela is from the Greek angelos (messenger, angel). **Angela Merkel (born 1954)** — physicist and **Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021, the first female chancellor and the second-longest-serving in German postwar history**. **Time magazine's Person of the Year in 2015** for her European leadership during the refugee crisis. **Angela Davis (born 1944)** — the **American political activist, academic, and former Communist Party USA vice-presidential candidate** whose 1971 acquittal in a high-profile murder trial made her an icon of the Black liberation movement.

Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Merkel, 2011).

Messenger. Merkel's 16 years as Chancellor of Germany; Angela Davis's Black liberation activism.

The name in its native script.

Angela
Transliteration
Angela
Pronunciation
/ ˈæn.dʒə.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Angela stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Angela · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Angelas before her.

Real people
Angela Merkel
German Chancellor.
born 1954
Angela Davis
American political activist.
born 1944
In fiction
Angela
Christine de Pizan's City of Ladies.

Names connected to Angela.

The number behind Angela.

1

The Pioneer

Angela reduces to one — the number of Germany's first female Chancellor.

Why families chose this name.

"Merkel and Davis. Six letters. Angela."
Anna · Mother of one · Hamburg