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Angela is a female given name. It is derived from the Greek word ángelos (ἄγγελος), meaning angel from Greek belief systems.[1] In the United States, the name "Angela" was at its most popular between 1965 and 1979, when it was ranked among the top 10 names for girls.[2] Between 1922 and 2021, in the United States, the name was ranked in the top 35 names for girls.[3]
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| Pronunciation | /ˈændʒɪlə/ AN-jil-ə German: [ˈaŋɡela, aŋˈɡeːla] Italian: [ˈandʒela] Slovak: [ˈaŋɡela] Portuguese: [ˈɐ̃ʒelɐ] Russian: [ˈanɡʲɪlə] |
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| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Greek |
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| See also | Angie, Angel, Angelina, Angeline, Angelica, Angelita, Angelis, Anghela, Angella, Angelle, Angelea, Ángela, Ângela, Anjel, Anxhela, Gelya |
Angela (English, Greek, Indonesian) has varieties in other languages, containing namely, Anxhela (Albanian), Anzhela (Russian, Ukrainian), Ángela (Spanish), Angella (Italian), Aingeal (Irish), Angelu (Basque), Anđela (Serbian, Bosnian), Ângela (Portuguese), Angelei (Romanian), Angèle (French), Anjyela (Mongolian),[4] Andzhela (Bulgarian),[5] Aniela (Polish), Anjela (Kyrgyz, Uzbek), Anděla (Czech),[6] and Angéla (Hungarian).[7] In Korean, it is a feminine name without any meaning that can be romanized into Anjella or Aenjella.[8] In Simplified Chinese, it is transliterated into 安吉拉 or Ānjí lā in pinyin.[9] Google Translate gives the romanization of the name in Arabic, أنجيلا, as 'Anjila. It has somewhat related meaning but can also hold implications as "homage".[10] Possibilities to write it in Japanese includes アンゲラ in Katakana, あんげら in Hiragana, and their romanization, Angera. Alternatively, one can use another set, アンジェラ for the Katakana, or in Hiragana, あんじぇら, romanization being Anjyera.[11]
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