Angel m

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Male Name
This name is used both as a female and a male name. See Angel f for the female version of this name.

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Originally a surname derived from the tribal name of the Angles (see ENGEL) ^[1]

Related Names

Angel	♂
Angell	♂
Angul	♂

Combinations

For combinations see ENGEL (name element)

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Norway: 1830 (until ca. 1950) ^[1]

Angel has been forbidden in Norway since 1970, as it is a common surname

Predominant Regional Usage

Norway: Østfold, Nordafjells ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		108	270	206	797
Denmark[3]		26	n.a.	54	n.a
Norway[4]		10	33	23	94
Finland[5]		n.a.	57	n.a	175
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Angel.

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi