# Angelica (given name)

Angelica is an English language surname and female given name and a variant of Angelika or vice versa.

## Meaning

Angelica comes from the Latin angelicus ("angelic"), which in turn is descended from the Greek άγγελος (ángelos) meaning "messenger of God" or "angel". Its male counterpart is Angelico.

## As a surname

Angelica is also a surname with similar meaning and was historically found mostly in the UK, US, and Canada. It was reported that they had a relatively low life expectancy of under 50 years.

## Variations

Angélica (Portuguese), Angelika (German, Polish), Angelika (Indonesian), Angyalka, Angyal (Hungarian), Angélique (French), Anjelica, Angelica (Italian, Indonesian, Spanish, English), Anxélica (Galician), Angeliki or Aggeliki (Αγγελική, Greek), Anxhelika (Albanian), Anzhelika (Russian).

## Notable Angelicas
### Historical

* Angelica Agurbash (born 1970), Belarusian singer and former model
* Angélica de Almeida (born 1965), Brazilian long-distance runner
* Angélica Aragón (born 1953), Mexican film and telenovela actress
* Angelica Balabanoff (1878–1965), Ukrainian Jewish-Italian socialist
* Angellica Bell (born 1976), British television and radio presenter
* Angelica Bella (active on 1990s), Hungarian pornographic actress
* Angelica Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter
* Angelica Bridges (born 1970), American actress
* Angelica Burevik (born 1958), Swedish association footballer
* Aggeliki Daliani (born 1979), Greek actress
* Angelica Garcia (born 1972), American Latin pop star from the 1990s
* Angelica Garnett (1918–2012), British writer, painter and artist
* Angelica Generosa, American ballet dancer
* Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022), Argentine writer
* Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, American politician
* Angelica Hale (born 2007), American singer
* Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857), the second child and the first daughter of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton
* Angelica Hicks (born 1992), British artist
* Anjelica Huston (born 1951), American actress
* Angeliki Karapataki (born 1975), Greek water polo player
* Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss painter
* Angélica Ksyvickis (born 1973), Brazilian TV personality.
* Angélica Kvieczynski (born 1991), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
* Angélica Larrea (born 1944), Afro-Bolivian ceremonial queen
* Angelica Lopez (born 2000), Filipina model and beauty pageant titleholder
* Angelica Mandy (born c. 1997), English actress
* Angélica María (born 1944), Mexican actress and singer
* Angelica Martinelli (fl. 1578), Italian actress
* Angelica Panganiban (born 1986), Filipina actress and model
* Angelica Schuyler Church (1756–1814), member of American Schuyler family
* Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (born 1976), Greek javelin thrower
* Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican-American actress
* Angelica Van Buren (1818–1877), daughter-in-law of the 8th United States President
* Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo, 1923–2016), American Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal Word Television Network
* American wrestler Lita, whose ring name once was Angelica

### Fictional

* Angelica is a princess of Cathay in Orlando innamorato (1483–1495) and Orlando Furioso (1516–1532)
* Angelica Jones, real name of Marvel's hero Firestar
* Angelica Pickles (active since 1991) is a cartoon character from the American animated series Rugrats, and the show's spin-off Rugrats: All Grown Up
* Angelica Button, a fictional child character from The Simpsons