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Angelica

Girl Italian #634 in 2023

Angelica is a girl name of Italian origin.

Meaning of Angelica

Church Angelica, from angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).

Popularity of Angelica

Popularity, 1892–2023

462 births in 2023

1892 2023

92,331 U.S. births recorded from 1892–2023.

Peak year

1996

3,404 babies

First recorded

1892

131 years of history

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

Similar names

Priceless; highly praiseworthy

Manly, strong, courageous

Girl · Italian

A 19th-century invention from the - noun donna; also interpreted as a feminine form of Donald

feminine form of the saint's name, from amandus, future passive participle of amāre: thus meaning "who/which is to be loved"

Boy · Ancient Greek

Borrowed from Alexander, from Ἀλέξανδρος, from ἀλέξω +, the stem of ἀνήρ

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.