The first name Angelica
A girl’s name from Italian.
4 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Italian origin
Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 30 girls were named Angelica, making it the 1,110th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2012, with 98 births (#458).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Angelica with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Angelica at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 398 girls born in the United States were named Angelica, the 708th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1996, when 3,404 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Angelica in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Angelica in Italian and Swedish too.
Famous people named Angelica
5 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Angélica GorodischerArgentine writer (1928–2022)
- AngélicaBrazilian recording artist, singer, actress and television presenter, born 1973
- Angélica Margarita ArambarriArgentinian botanist (1945-2012)
- Angie CepedaColombian actress, born 1974
- Crescencia PérezArgentinian nun (1897–1932)
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Questions
- What does the name Angelica mean?
- Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).
- What is the origin of the name Angelica?
- Church Italian Angelica, from Latin angelica or a Latinate elaboration of Angela. Name of a heroine in Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (1516).
- How popular is the name Angelica?
- In 2025, 30 girls born in England and Wales were named Angelica, ranking 1,110th. Its peak was 2012, with 98 births.
- Is Angelica a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 93,538 US babies named Angelica since 1880 were girls.
- When was Angelica most popular?
- 1996 in the United States, when 3,404 babies were named Angelica, its highest rank at 97th.