Angelica (given name)

Anjelica

Pronunciation	/ænˈdʒɛlɪkə/ ann-JEL-ih-kə
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Any Indo-European language
Name day	Any
Origin
Meaning	Angelic
Other names
Related names	Angellica, Angelika, Angellika, Angelique, Anjelica Angelikca

Angelica is an English language surname and female given name and a variant of Angelika or vice versa. ^[1]

Meaning

Angelica comes from the Latin angelicus ("angelic"), which in turn is descended from the Greek άγγελος (ángelos) meaning "messenger of God" or "angel". ^[1] Its male counterpart is Angelico. ^[2]

As a surname

Angelica is also a surname with similar meaning and was historically found mostly in the UK, US, and Canada. It was reported that they had a relatively low life expectancy of under 50 years. ^[2]

Variations

Angélica (Portuguese), Angelika (German, Polish), Angelika (Indonesian), Angyalka, Angyal (Hungarian), Angélique (French), Anjelica, Angelica (Italian, Indonesian, Spanish, English), Anxélica (Galician), Angeliki or Aggeliki (Αγγελική, Greek), Anxhelika (Albanian), Anzhelika (Russian). ^[1]

Notable Angelicas

Historical

• Angelica Agurbash (born 1970), Belarusian singer and former model
• Angélica de Almeida (born 1965), Brazilian long-distance runner
• Angélica Aragón (born 1953), Mexican film and telenovela actress
• Angelica Balabanoff (1878–1965), Ukrainian Jewish-Italian socialist
• Angellica Bell (born 1976), British television and radio presenter
• Angelica Bella (active on 1990s), Hungarian pornographic actress
• Angelica Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter
• Angelica Bridges (born 1970), American actress
• Angelica Burevik (born 1958), Swedish association footballer
• Aggeliki Daliani (born 1979), Greek actress
• Angelica Garcia (born 1972), American Latin pop star from the 1990s
• Angelica Garnett (1918–2012), British writer, painter and artist
• Angelica Generosa, American ballet dancer
• Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022), Argentine writer
• Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, American politician
• Angelica Hale (born 2007), American singer
• Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857), the second child and the first daughter of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton
• Angelica Hicks (born 1992), British artist
• Anjelica Huston (born 1951), American actress
• Angeliki Karapataki (born 1975), Greek water polo player
• Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss painter
• Angélica Ksyvickis (born 1973), Brazilian TV personality.
• Angélica Kvieczynski (born 1991), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
• Angélica Larrea (born 1944), Afro-Bolivian ceremonial queen
• Angelica Lopez (born 2000), Filipina model and beauty pageant titleholder
• Angelica Mandy (born c. 1997), English actress
• Angélica María (born 1944), Mexican actress and singer
• Angelica Martinelli (fl. 1578), Italian actress
• Angelica Panganiban (born 1986), Filipina actress and model
• Angelica Salas, American immigration activist
• Angelica Schuyler Church (1756–1814), member of American Schuyler family
• Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (born 1976), Greek javelin thrower
• Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican-American actress
• Angelica Van Buren (1818–1877), daughter-in-law of the 8th United States President
• Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo, 1923–2016), American Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal Word Television Network
• American wrestler Lita, whose ring name once was Angelica

Fictional

• Angelica is a princess of Cathay in Orlando innamorato (1483–1495) and Orlando Furioso (1516–1532)
• Angelica Jones, real name of Marvel's hero Firestar
• Angelica Pickles (active since 1991) is a cartoon character from the American animated series Rugrats , and the show's spin-off Rugrats: All Grown Up
• Angelica Button, a fictional child character from The Simpsons

References

1. Campbell, Mike. "Angelica". Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names. Archived from the original on 23 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
2. Angelica Family History ancestry.com