Girl · Greek, through Latin and French
Angeline
Say it: AN-jeh-leen
Meaning
A French diminutive of Angela, from Greek angelos 'messenger, angel'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Well used in 19th-century America, it faded and then returned in the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 36,023 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 160 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Angelina
| French | Angeline |
|---|---|
| Italian | Angelina |
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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