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The boy's name Angel \a-

, also used as girl's name Angel, is pronounced AHN-hail, AIN-jel. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "messenger; messenger of God". Derived from the Church Latin name Angelus, from Greek "angelos". Biblical: name for the spirit creatures sent by God to men as His messengers. The original Greek form Angelo is more popular now, as Angel is usually a girl's name (although in Thomas Hardy's 1891 novel "Tess of the D'Urbervilles", a major male character is named Angel Clare.) Both forms are popular in Spanish-speaking countries. Jockey Angel Cordero.

Angel has 18 variant forms: Andjelko, Ange, Angelino, Angell, Angelmo, Angelo, Angie, Angy, Aniol, Anjel, Anjelo, Anyoli, Ohngel, Ohnjel, Onjel, Onjello, Onnjel and Onnjelo.

Baby names that sound like Angel are Engelbert and Ingelbert.

Angel is a very common first name for men (#205 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#2370 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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