Angel (given name)

Angel
Gender	Unisex
Language(s)	Greek
Origin
Meaning	"Angel", "Messenger"
Other names
See also	Angelina, Angela, Angie

Angel [ˈeɪn.dʒəl] is a given name meaning "angel", or "messenger". In the English-speaking world Angel is used for both boys and girls.^[1]

Ángel [ˈaŋxel] is a common male name in Spanish-speaking countries.

Variations

• Albanian: Engjëll
• Asturian: Ánxel
• Bulgarian: Ангел (Ángel) (masc.)
• Galician: Anxo
• Greek: Άγγελος, Ággelos Angelos (masc.); Αγγελική, Aggelikē, Angelici, or Αγγέλα, Aggéla, Angela (fem.)
• Italian: Angelo, Angelino, Angela (fem.), Angelina (fem.), Angelica (fem.)
• Leonese language: Xelu
• Lombard: Àngel
• Macedonian: Ангел (Angel, masc,), Ангела (Angela, fem,), Ангелина (Angelina, fem.)
• Portuguese: Ângelo, Ângela (fem.), Angélica (fem.)
• Spanish: Ángel, Ángela (fem.), Angélica (fem.), Ángeles (fem.), Angelines (fem.)

People

Angel

• Angel Kelly, stage name of an American pornographic actress
• Angel McCoughtry (born 1986), American basketball player
• Angel Medina (wrestler), American wrestler
• Angel Medina (artist), American comic book artist
• Angel Reece (born 1983), American professional wrestler better known as Hailey Hatred
• Angel Stoyanov, Bulgarian boxer

Ángel

• Ángel Cabrera (born 1969), an Argentine professional golfer
• Ángel D'Meza Cuban baseball player
• Ángel Di Maria Argentinian football player
• Ángel Hernández (umpire) (born 1961), a Cuban-born Major League baseball umpire
• Ángel Hernández (athlete), Spanish athlete
• Ángel López, a Spanish footballer
• Ángel Martínez, a Spanish footballer
• Angel Matías (born 1976), Puerto Rican volleyball player
• Ángel Matos, Cuban taekwondo athlete
• Ángel Pagán, Puerto Rican baseball player
• Ángel Parra, a Chilean singer and songwriter
• Ángel Pérez (disambiguation)
  • Ángel Pérez (volleyball) (born 1982), Puerto Rican volleyball player
  • Ángel Pérez (footballer)

Notes

1. Behind the Name