Angelica
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Angelica is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Chile it is the 30th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Church Latin, from the feminine form of the Latin adjective angelicus ‘angelic’, or simply a Latinate elaboration of Angela.
- ECEcuador1 in 562(measured from records)
- PEPeru≈1 in 613
- CLChile≈1 in 734
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Angelica itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #373 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 473 (measured from records)
- 1 in 562 (inferred from the name graph)
117,165 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Church Latin, from the feminine form of the Latin adjective angelicus ‘angelic’, or simply a Latinate elaboration of Angela.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Angelica counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #537 | 117,165 | 1 in 2.8K | 117K | Angelica | 473 |
| BR Brazil | #214 | 116,079 | 1 in 1.8K | 124K | Angelica | 185 |
| PH Philippines | #78 | ≈92,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | listed | Angelica | 152 |
| PL Poland | — | 64,883as Angelika | 1 in 590 | 65K | — | 1 |
| CO Colombia | #91 | ≈57,000 est. | ≈1 in 865 | 72 | Angelica | 195 |
| PE Peru | #56 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 613 | — | Angelica | 80 |
| EC Ecuador | #94 | 30,072 | 1 in 562 | 30K | Angelica | 60 |
| CL Chile | #30 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 734 | 32 | Angelica | 144 |
| SE Sweden | #133 | 12,942 | 1 in 788 | 13K | Angelica | 114 |
117,165 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); the co-datosgov-candidates register; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); INEC — civil registry names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Angelica is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, Dal greco angelikós, 'messaggero, angelico'; nome diffuso in varie regioni italiane.
as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani
In Italian, In Cadore Grircn. dondc i cogfiomi Gnecli, Gnecchi. iri greco « IriessUggero N . Parecclii Santi e Yaiite, altrettanti onoiiiastici. Secondo Ic rcgioiii rariano lc: preferenze. I n Toscana pii1 frc(1uente :ltrgiolo. <:<laiiticaiiientc. Agt~olo.Iri Friuli :lg?~ul.illiall, ~lriril(raro), oggi co. gnorne. In Cadorr: S?~dolo, doiidc il <:og~t.
as a nameNomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
In Italian, forma fem. de Angelico
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
English: from Church Latin, from the feminine form of the Latin adjective angelicus angelic, or simply a Latinate elaboration of ANGELA . Cognates: French: Angélique. German: Angelika, Angelike .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Angelika Kauffmannb. 1741CHnot in their usual nameSwiss artist (1741–1807)
- Angelica Catalanib. 1780FRItalian opera singer
- Angelica Van Burenb. 1818USFirst Lady of the United States
- Angelica Balabanoffb. 1869UARussian-Jewish-Italian dissident writer, social activist, politician, editor
- Angelica Rozeanub. 1921RORomanian table tennis player (1921–2006)
- Angelika Schrobsdorffb. 1927DEnot in their usual nameGerman writer (1927–2016)
- Angelica Domröseb. 1941DEGerman actress (1941–2026)
- Isabel Allendeb. 1942CLnot in their usual nameChilean writer (born 1942)
- Angelica Bridgesb. 1973USAmerican actress
- Angel Locsinb. 1985PHnot in their usual namePhilippine actress (born 1985)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 99 sources across 52 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 124K | #402 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 117K | #483 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 116K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 116K | #281 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 30K | #61 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 13K | #327 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 8.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 1K | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 593 | #609 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 593 | #609 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 424 | #281 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 398 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Angelica mean, and where does it come from?
- From Church Latin, from the feminine form of the Latin adjective angelicus ‘angelic’, or simply a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Angelica?
- In the etymology graph, Angela, Angie and Angelina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Angelica?
- In the United States, the national register counted 117,165 people named Angelica in 2020, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Angelica compared with other names?
- In the United States, Angelica is the 537th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
- Is Angelica a male or female name?
- Angelica is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Angelica have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 117 thousand people named Angelica, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled angelica.
- Where is Angelica most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Angelica is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 562 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/angelicaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Angelica” — the 537th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.