Angela

Feminine form of Church Latin Angelus, from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger, angel”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈændʒələ/

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Angela

1. A female given name.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book III, canto III, stanza 56:

     Faire Angela (quoth she) men do her call, / No whit lesse faire, then terrible in fight: / She hath the leading of a Martiall / And mighty people, dreaded more then all / The other Saxons, which do for her sake / And love, themselves of her name Angles call.

   • 1996 Frank McCourt: Angela's Ashes. HarperCollins. →ISBN Chapter I, page 5:

     And the child was named Angela for the Angelus which rang the midnight hour, the New Year, the minute of her coming and because she was a little angel anyway.

     ibid., page 39:

     The man says his name is Mr. Dimino and that's his wife, Angela, behind the counter. I tell him that's my mother's name. No kiddin', kid. Your mother is Angela? I didn't know the Irish had any Angelas.

• Name of an Italian 15th/16th century saint. In general use in English since the 18th century.

• (pet form): Angie, Ang, Ange
• (variants): Angel, Angelica, Angelina, Angeline, Angelique
• (male names): Angel, Angelo

• Galena, alnage, anlage, galena, lagena

Angela

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

• Angelika
• Angelina

• Ingel

Angela f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Angela: Angeluson
• daughter of Angela: Angeludóttir

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡeːla/, /ˈaŋɡela/, /ˈaŋəla/

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Angela f (genitive Angelas)

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

• Angelika, Angelina

Angela f

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

Angela f (genitive Angelae); first declension

1. A female given name, cognate to English Angela.

First declension.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaŋɡɛɫa/

Angela f (genitive Angely, nominative plural Angely) declension pattern žena

1. A female given name.

• Andela
• Angelka
• Andelka
• Angelika

• Angela in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Angela c (genitive Angelas)

1. A female given name, cognate to Angela.

• Angelica