# Angela
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈænd͡ʒələ/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Angela
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, 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, chapter I, in Angela's Ashes, HarperCollins., →ISBN, 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.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Related terms

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

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Galena, alnage, anlage, galena, lagena

## Estonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑnɡ̊elɑ/, [ˈɑŋɡ̊elɑ]

### Proper noun

Angela
* a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela

#### Related terms

* Angelika
* Angelina

#### See also

* Ingel

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Angela f
* a female given name from Latin

#### Usage notes

Matronymics
* son of Angela: Angeluson
* daughter of Angela: Angeludóttir

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaŋɡela/, /aŋˈɡeːla/, /ˈaŋəla/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Angela f (proper noun, genitive Angelas or (with article) Angela, plural Angelas)
* a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela

#### Declension

$^1$Rare.

#### Related terms

* Angelika, Angelina

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈan.d͡ʒe.la/
* Rhymes: -andʒela
* Hyphenation: Àn‧ge‧la

### Proper noun

Angela f
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈan.ɡe.la/, [ˈäŋɡɛɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈan.d͡ʒe.la/, [ˈän̠ʲd͡ʒelä]

### Proper noun

Angela f (genitive Angelae); first declension
* a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Angela

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Angela f
* a female given name

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈanɡela]

### Proper noun

Angela f (genitive singular Angely, nominative plural Angely, declension pattern of žena)
* a female given name from Latin

#### Derived terms

* Andela
* Angelka
* Andelka
* Angelika

### Further reading

* “Angela”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Angela c (genitive Angelas)
* a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angela

#### Related terms

* Angelica