girl's name
Angelique
on-zhay-LEEK
- Origin French
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 3
- Letters 9
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 124,343
Ireland
#909
2006 births
Angelique means angelic, and the Greek root behind it simply means a messenger — the wings arrived much later in art, layered onto an ordinary word that described a person carrying news from one place to another.
- Angelique is a name of French origin.
- Peaked in France in 1981, when 5,020 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade in France.
- First appears in birth records in 1900.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.
Angelique over time
Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 1,265 |
| 1910s | 670 |
| 1920s | 545 |
| 1930s | 250 |
| 1940s | 140 |
| 1950s | 190 |
| 1960s | 2,790 |
| 1970s | 29,695 |
| 1980s | 39,080 |
| 1990s | 14,115 |
| 2000s | 2,625 |
| 2010s | 635 |
| 2020s (to 2024) | 140 |
What Angelique means
Angelique means angelic, or like an angel. The Greek angelos is the ordinary word for a messenger, and the theological sense came through translation rather than the word itself.
Where Angelique comes from
Angelique is the French feminine of Angel, 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 and hierarchies grew from an ordinary occupational noun. The same root gives evangelist, a bringer of good news. Angélique is the heroine of a long series of French historical novels from 1956 that carried the name well beyond France.
Angelique in use
Angelique peaked in France in 1981, when 5,020 babies were registered, and is falling in our data. It now ranks 1197th in the United States on 193 births — its strongest market — then 1898th in France on 15 and 7318th in England and Wales, across 124,343 lifetime births in four of the seven markets we track.
How popular is Angelique?
In 2024, Angelique was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Angelique is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
How Angelique is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Angélique | Angélique is Angelique written with an acute accent in France, and the spelling parents there overwhelmingly choose: it ranks #1,898 in France, against #7,047 for Angelique. | 15,980 |
| Angèlique | Angèlique is a rare spelling of Angelique, written with a grave accent and recorded about 85 times, mostly in France. | 85 |
Names that peaked alongside Angelique
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Angelique also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Angelique over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Angelique
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.
Angelique 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 Angelique
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Angelique — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Angelique
What does the name Angelique mean?
Angelic — from the Greek angelos, a messenger.
Did angels originally have wings?
Not in the word. Angelos meant a messenger, and the wings came from later art.
Is Angelique related to Angelina?
Yes — both are elaborations of Angela, from the same Greek root.
How popular is Angelique?
1197th in the United States, which now ranks it above France.
Is Angelique a girl's or a boy's name?
Angelique is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Angelique?
Angelique has 3 syllables.
What are the nicknames for Angelique?
Angelique is usually shortened to Angie.
Is Angelique a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Angelique currently ranks #1,197 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.