Angelena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- an-jeh-LEE-nah
- Origin
- Greek
Angelena is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “messenger, angel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Angelena mean?
Greek: variant of Angelina, from angelos via Latin and Italian
“messenger, angel”
Greek angelos, 'messenger', came to mean a messenger of God, giving English angel.
Is Angelena a girl's or a boy's name?
Angelena is a girls' name.
How popular is Angelena in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 119 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the girls named Angelena in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Angelena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 33 | #4,352 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,509 |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,248 |
| 2005 | 119 | #1,667 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,642 |
| 2003 | 106 | #1,768 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 81 | #2,060 |
| 2000 | 73 | #2,170 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 54 | #2,420 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 58 | #2,196 |
| 1989 | 47 | #2,437 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,307 |
| 1986 | 37 | #2,619 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,096 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,873 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,218 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,770 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 35 | #1,950 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,188 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,903 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,136 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,944 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 19 | #2,015 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,962 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
Nicknames for Angelena
Names like Angelena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Alexandra, Adriana, Alessandra, Amanda, Veronica, Alejandra, Mariana, Alexandria, Victoria, Esmeralda, Selena
Names related to Angelena
Angelina, Angeline, Angelyn, Angelin, Angelynn, Angelene, Angelyna, Angelyne
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Angelena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angelena, updated 20 October 2026.