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 [ 4 syll. an-ge-li-ca, ang-el-ica ] The girl name Angelica is pronounced aeNJHEHLihKah or AENJHahLIYKah KEY. Angelica is of Old Greek and Latin origin. It is used mainly in the English, German, Russian, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish languages. Old Greek and Latin origin, English, Greek, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish use: Derived from angelicus meaning 'angelic, like an angel' ; angelos meaning 'angel, messenger' ; angelus meaning 'angel'. The Latin angelicus ('angelic, like an angel') is ultimately of the Greek 'angelo'; thus the name is sometimes considered a variant of Angela. It was introduced to England from Italy in the 17th century. In literature, the name has appeared in Italian poet Ariosto's epic Orlando Furioso (1532) which deals with the love of Charlemagne's paladin Orlando for Angelica. Angelica is also the name of Juliet's nurse in Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet (1595), and the name of the saucy, independent young woman in William Congreve's play Love for Love (1695). Variant forms of the name include the English Angelic, the German, Romanian, Lithuanian, and Polish Angelika, the German Angelike, the Greek Angeliki, the English and French Angelique, the Spanish Angélica, the French Angélique, the Hungarian Angyalka, the German Geli, and the Dutch Lieke. Angelica is an English, German, and Russian variant form of the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic Angela. Other forms of Angelica include the English pet form Angie and the English variant spelling Anjelica. Angelica is popular as a baby girl name. The name rose in popularity from the 1950s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1996, 0.178% of baby girls were given the name Angelica. It was #97 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #257 with a usage of 0.064%, but it was nonetheless the 2nd most popular after the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Russian, and Slavic Angela, out of all girl names in its family. It was 90% more widely used than Angelica in 2008. Baby names that sound like Angelica include the German, Romanian, Lithuanian, and Polish Angelika, the Spanish Angélica, the Slavic Andjelija, the Greek Angeliki, the English Anjelica, the Slavic Andjelka, the English and Spanish Angeles, the English Angelic, the German Angelike, the English and French Angelique, and the French Angélique. A famous person named Angelica is Painter, Angelica Kauffmann, born Maria Anna Angelika 30 October 1741 - 5 November 1807, Graubünden, Switzerland. KEY: Pronunciation for Angelica: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
