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Girl · Greek, through Latin
Angélique
Say it: ahn-zhay-LEEK
Meaning
From Latin angelicus 'angelic', from Greek angelos 'messenger'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used from the 17th century and popular in mid-20th-century France, but rare today.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1970s
In the United States
- 28,836 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 1,900 girls
- 191 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Angelica |
|---|---|
| Italian | Angelica |
| Dutch | Angelique |
Famous bearers
- Angélique Arnauld, abbess of Port-Royal
- Marie-Joseph Angélique, enslaved woman executed in Montreal in 1734
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- Parish baptism registers
- Colonial records of the Americas
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.