girl's name
Angeline
AN-juh-leen
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 52,801
Scotland
#385
1979 births
Angeline means messenger, and the Greek word behind it was an ordinary job title — angelos named someone carrying news, and every wing and choir attached to it since came later. France peaked nearly seventy years after America did.
- Angeline is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in 1921, when 986 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 24,741 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Angeline over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 364 |
| 1890s | 827 |
| 1900s | 1,609 |
| 1910s | 6,744 |
| 1920s | 8,113 |
| 1930s | 3,620 |
| 1940s | 1,743 |
| 1950s | 1,289 |
| 1960s | 1,208 |
| 1970s | 1,654 |
| 1980s | 1,540 |
| 1990s | 1,516 |
| 2000s | 2,846 |
| 2010s | 2,796 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 1,015 |
What Angeline means
Angeline means little angel, or messenger. The Greek names an occupation rather than a supernatural being, so the sense is a bearer of news before it is anything else.
Where Angeline comes from
Angeline is a French diminutive of Angela, from the Greek angelos, a messenger. Hebrew scripture used a word meaning messenger for divine emissaries, Greek translators rendered it angelos, and the whole later apparatus of wings, ranks and choirs grew out of an ordinary occupational noun. The same root gives evangelist, a bringer of good news, and the -ine ending is the standard French feminine, as in Josephine and Claudine.
Angeline in use
Angeline peaked in the United States in 1921, when 986 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 1567th in France on 30 births, 1571st in the United States on 134 and 5234th in England and Wales on 4, across 52,801 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track. France ran its own peak of 240 births in 1989, nearly seventy years after the American one.
How popular is Angeline?
In 2025, Angeline was given to 134 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Angeline is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Angeline is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Angéline | Angéline is Angeline written with an acute accent, used in France, where it ranks #1,567. | 1,625 |
| Ange-Line | Ange-Line is Angeline written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. | 50 |
| Angèline | Angèline is a rare spelling of Angeline, written with a grave accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. | 5 |
Names that peaked alongside Angeline
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Angeline also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Angeline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Angeline
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Angeline in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Angeline
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Angeline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Angeline
What does the name Angeline mean?
Little angel — from the Greek angelos, a messenger.
Did angels originally have wings?
Not in the word. Angelos meant a messenger; the wings came from later art.
Is evangelist related?
Yes — a bringer of good news, from the same root.
How popular is Angeline?
1567th in France and 1571st in the United States, almost exactly level.
Is Angeline a girl's or a boy's name?
Angeline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Angeline?
Angeline has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Angeline?
Angeline is usually shortened to Angie.
Is Angeline a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Angeline currently ranks #1,567 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.