Entry № 0179 · English, Latin origin

Anjelica Anjelica — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ an-JEL-ih-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English, Latin
Meaning
"Angelic (Anjelica Huston, Academy Award winner)"
Syllables
4
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "angelic (anjelica huston, academy award winner)".

Anjelica is the American variant of Angelica — from the Latin angelicus (angelic) — also the name of the herb that medieval monks attributed to the archangel Raphael. **Anjelica Huston (born 1951)** — **American actress; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), directed by her father John Huston — the only time in Oscar history that three generations of a family won acting/directing Oscars (grandfather Walter Huston for *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* 1948, father John for the same film, and Anjelica)**. **Two-time Golden Globe winner; *The Witches* (1990), *The Addams Family* (1991) and its sequel as Morticia Addams**. **Author of memoirs *A Story Lately Told* (2013) and *Watch Me* (2014)**. **Long romantic partner of Jack Nicholson (1973-1990)**. **Anjelica Hill** — *The Hill* news commentator. **The name **Angelica** is also the heroine of Orlando furioso (1532)** by Ariosto.

Subject of countless Hollywood-dynasty profiles.

Angelic. Oscar for Prizzi's Honor; three generations of Huston Oscar winners.

The name in its native script.

Anjelica
Transliteration
Anjelica
Pronunciation
/ ænˈdʒɛl.ɪ.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Anjelica stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Anjelica · last year
88 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 · —

Anjelicas before her.

Real people
Anjelica Huston
American Oscar actress.
born 1951
In fiction
Morticia Addams
The Addams Family.
1991

Names connected to Anjelica.

The number behind Anjelica.

6

The Nurturer

Anjelica reduces to six — the number of angelic.

Why families chose this name.

"Huston's angel. Eight letters. Anjelica."
Catherine · Mother of one · Santa Monica