Angela

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Icelandic
Faroese
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Angelus ^{[1] [2]}

2) Short form of Angelica ^[2]

3) Short form of Angelina ^[2]

Related Names

Angela	♀
Angelie	♀
Ankel	♀
Gela	♀
Keela	♀

See also Angelina

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

8 December

Sweden

7 December

Grammar

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Angela
Accusative:	Angelu
Dative:	Angelu
Genitive:	Angelu

- Faroese
Nominative:	Angela
Accusative:	Angelu
Dative:	Angelu
Genitive:	Angelu

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1868 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		2081	3680	0	1
Denmark[4]		414	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[5]		175	396	0	0
Finland[6]		n.a.	712	0	0
#: 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.

 

Recent statistics trend^[3][4][5][6]:

Sources: ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi