Angelica

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Female form of Angelicus: Latin angelicus = 'angelic', deriving from the Greek word αγγελος (angelos) = 'messenger' ^[1]

2) Pet form of Angela

Related Names

Angelica	♀
Angelika	♀
Angelíka	♀
Anjelica	♀
Gelika	♀

See also Angela

Name Days

Denmark

20 May

Faroe Islands

20 May

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		7907	12078	0	0
Norway[3]		589	795	0	0
Denmark[4]		137	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[5]		n.a.	771	n.a	3
#: 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^[2][4][3][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[3]:

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

References

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