Aniela

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Aniela

Say it: ah-NYEH-lah

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Meaning

Polish form of Angela, from Greek angelos 'messenger, angel'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common in 19th-century Poland, revived among babies in the 2010s.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

920 babies given this name since 1913
At its height in 2012, about 1 in 33,800 girls
34 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Czech	Anděla
English	Angela

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Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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