Angelica is an English language surname and female given name and a variant of Angelika or vice versa.
Meaning
Angelica comes from the Latin angelicus ("angelic"), which in turn is descended from the Greek (ángelos) meaning "angel". Its male counterpart is Angelico.
As a surname
Angelica is also a surname with similar meaning and was historically found mostly in the UK, US, and Canada. It was reported that they had a relatively low life expectancy of under 50 years.
Variations
Angélica (Portuguese), Angelika (German, Polish), Angelika (Indonesian), Angyalka, Angyal (Hungarian), Angélique (French), Anjelica, Angelica (Italian, Indonesian, Spanish, English), Anxélica (Galician), Angeliki or Aggeliki (, Greek), Anxhelika (Albanian), Anzhelika (Russian).
Notable Angelicas
Historical
- Angelica Agurbash (born 1970), Belarusian singer and former model
- Angélica de Almeida (born 1965), Brazilian long-distance runner
- Angélica Aragón (born 1953), Mexican film and telenovela actress
- Angelica Balabanoff (1878âÂÂ1965), Ukrainian Jewish-Italian socialist
- Angellica Bell (born 1976), British television and radio presenter
- Angelica Bella (active on 1990s), Hungarian pornographic actress
- Angelica Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter
- Angelica Bridges (born 1970), American actress
- Angelica Bove (born 2003), Italian singer-songwriter
- Angelica Burevik (born 1958), Swedish association footballer
- Angelica Cristina Gori (born 2001), know professionally as Chiamamifaro, Italian singer-songwriter
- Aggeliki Daliani (born 1979), Greek actress
- Angelica Garcia (born 1972), American Latin pop star from the 1990s
- Angelica Garnett (1918âÂÂ2012), British writer, painter and artist
- Angelica Generosa, American ballet dancer
- Angélica Gorodischer (1928âÂÂ2022), Argentine writer
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, American politician
- Angelica Hale (born 2007), American singer
- Angelica Hamilton (1784âÂÂ1857), the second child and the first daughter of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton
- Angelica Hicks (born 1992), British artist
- Anjelica Huston (born 1951), American actress
- Angeliki Karapataki (born 1975), Greek water polo player
- Angelica Kauffman (1741âÂÂ1807), Swiss painter
- Angélica Ksyvickis (born 1973), Brazilian TV personality.
- Angélica Kvieczynski (born 1991), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- Angélica Larrea (born 1944), Afro-Bolivian ceremonial queen
- Angelica Lopez (born 2000), Filipina model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Angelica Mandy (born ), English actress
- Angélica MarÃÂa (born 1944), Mexican actress and singer
- Angelica Martinelli (fl. 1578), Italian actress
- Angelica Paola Ibba (born 2001), know professionally as Angie, Italian singer
- Angelica Panganiban (born 1986), Filipina actress and model
- Angelica Salas, American immigration activist
- Angelica Schuyler Church (1756âÂÂ1814), member of American Schuyler family
- Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (born 1976), Greek javelin thrower
- Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican-American actress
- Angelica Van Buren (1818âÂÂ1877), daughter-in-law of the 8th United States President
- Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo, 1923âÂÂ2016), American Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal Word Television Network
- American wrestler Lita, whose ring name once was Angelica
Fictional
- Angelica (character), a princess of Cathay in Orlando innamorato (1483âÂÂ1495) and Orlando Furioso (1516âÂÂ1532)
- Angelica, a character from Library of Ruina
- Sister Angelica, central character in Suor Angelica, a one-act opera by Giacomo Puccini
- Angelica Button, a child character in a work of fiction in The Simpsons
- Angelica Jones, alter ego of the Marvel superhero Firestar
- Angelica Pickles (active since 1991), a cartoon character from the American animated series Rugrats and its spin-offs
References