Angelica is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “angel.” In 2024 it was given to 477 girls in the United States.
Angelica belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “angel” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Angelika.
In the United States, Angelica first appears in Social Security records in 1892. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #97 in 1996, and in 2024 477 babies received the name — 92,808 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Angelica means “angel” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Angelica is a girl name. In 2024, 477 babies received the name in the US.
Angelica comes from the Italian tradition. It is also spelled Angelika.
Angelica first appears in US records in 1892. Its best-ever ranking was #97 in 1996, and 477 babies were given the name in 2024.
Angelica is pronounced /www.forbes.com/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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