as a Last Name
- 16,982
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Angel
Meaning & Origins
English: from Middle English angel ‘angel’ (from Latin angelus), probably applied as a nickname for someone of angelic temperament or appearance or for someone who played the part of an angel in a pageant. As a North American surname it may also be an Americanized form of a cognate European surname, as for example Italian Angelo, Rumanian Anghel, Czech Anděl, or Hungarian Angyal.
| 1,826th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 16,982
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Angel per capita
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