What does Angelica mean?

Angelica means "angelic, like an angel"

How do we pronounce Angelica?

Angelica \an-ge-li-ca, ang-el-ica\ is a female's name. It consists of 8 letters and 4 syllables.

The baby girl name Angelica is pronounced aeNJHEHLihKah (English) or aaNJHehLIYKaa (Italian) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Angelica: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; JH as in "joy (JH.OY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

What is the origin of Angelica?

Angelica is of Old Greek and Latin origin. It is used mainly in the English, German, Russian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish languages. Latin origin, English, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish use: Derived from angelicus meaning 'angelic, like an angel' ; angelos meaning 'angel, messenger' ; angelus meaning 'angel'. The Latin angelicus ('angelic, like an angel') is ultimately of the Greek 'angelo'; thus the name is sometimes considered a variant of Angela. It was introduced to England from Italy in the 17th century. In literature, the name has appeared in Italian poet Ariosto's epic Orlando Furioso (1532) which deals with the love of Charlemagne's paladin Orlando for Angelica. Angelica is also the name of Juliet's nurse in Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1595), and the name of the saucy, independent young woman in William Congreve's play Love for Love (1695). Angelica is an English, German, and Russian form of the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Slavic, and Spanish Angela definition. Angelica has 21 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Forms of the name used in English Angalic name popularity, short names for Angelici, meaning of Angelique (also used in French), Angelisa meaning, meaning of Angellica, Angélique pronounciation (also used in French), Angilica meaning, Anjelika definition, name Anyelika origin, and baby name Engelica. The short form Angelic meaning and origin (also used in Russian), the familiar form Angie meaning of name (also used in Greek), and the variant spelling name Anjelica are other English forms. Foreign forms the Russian Angelicia pronounciation, the German, Lithuanian, and Polish baby name Angelika, the German baby name Angelike, the Greek baby name Angeliki, the Spanish Angélica meaning, the Hungarian Angyalka meaning, the German Geli name, and the Dutch Lieke name popularity. Angelica is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1996, 0.178% of baby girls were given the name Angelica. It was #97 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2010, it ranked at #345 with a usage of 0.047%, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after baby name Angela, out of all girl names in its family. The name was twice as popular as Angelica in 2010.

A famous person named Angelica is Painter, Angelica Kauffmann, born Maria Anna Angelika 30 October 1741 - 5 November 1807, Graubünden, Switzerland.

List of baby names that sound like Angelica:

the name name Angellica meaning, the name name Anjelika origin, the Slavic Andjelija name popularity, the name Angelici name variations, the Russian name Angelicia meaning, the German, Romanian, Lithuanian, and Polish Angelika name popularity, the Greek what does the name Angeliki mean, the name what does the name Angelisa mean, the English and French Angélique name variations, the name Angilica meaning, the English Anjelica name variations, the name Ongelica pronounciation, the name Ongelika definition, the name Ongeliki pronounciation, the name Ongelisa name popularity, the name Onjelica name popularity, the name Onjelika name popularity, the Slavic Andjelka definition, the name Angalic name, and the English and Spanish short names for Angeles.

The baby name Angelica fun facts:

The name Angelica in reverse order is "Acilegna".

The numerological value of the name Angelica is number 7, which means analysis, understanding, knowledge, awareness, studious, meditating.

How popular is Angelica?

Angelica is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.04%
20130.04%
20120.05%
20110.05%
20100.05%
20090.06%
20080.07%
20070.08%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames