Angelie
Feminine · “messenger”
Angelie belongs to the largest family of names Christianity produced: everything built on angelos, the Greek word for a messenger, which the church took for its winged messengers and which then became Angela, Angelina, Angelique and a hundred more. This spelling sits between the French and the English.
How old is the name Angelie?
Angelie first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Angelie alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,200 people named Angelie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Angelie most popular?
Angelie peaked in 2011, reaching #1789 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 3,310 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
Where it comes from
From angelos to Angelie
The story of Angelie
Angela and Angelo became ordinary in Italy in the Middle Ages, and every Catholic country built its own set: Angelique in France, Angeles in Spain, Aniela in Poland. English took Angela in the nineteenth century and the family expanded again in the twentieth. Angelie is a spelling that sits between the French Angelie and the English Angeline, and it appears in American and Filipino records in particular, where Spanish and English naming habits overlap.
Meaning
messenger; angel
Greek angelos, a messenger, which the Greek Bible used to translate the Hebrew malakh, also a messenger. The English word angel and the whole family of names come from it, and the original sense is simply someone who carries a message.
How the name formed
- angelos
- Angela
- Angelie
Related forms: Angélie · Angeline · Ángela · Angela
Pronouncing Angelie
AN-juh-lee
Three syllables, stress in front. French says ahn-zheh-LEE with the weight at the end and a soft zh, and both are heard.
Nicknames for Angelie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1959
- Most girls named
- 2007118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1789reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- −51.9%25 in 2025, from 52
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Angelie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Angélie in French — same name
- Angeline in English — related form
- Ángela in Spanish — related form
- Angela in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.
Angelies among us
people named Angelie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Angelie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Irish test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Angelie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Irish climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Irish's path sketches the road Angelie is walking now.
Angelie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Angelie is headed
Angelie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Angelie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Angelie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is one word and one of the best known in the language.
- Angie and Angel are ready short forms of quite different registers.
- It works in French, Spanish, Filipino and English households alike.
- Angelie, Angeli, Angely and Angelique are all in use, so the spelling will be asked for.
- Two pronunciations circulate, one French and one English.
- Angel and Angie are both very well used, so the everyday forms will not be distinctive.
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Feminine · #5099 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Angelies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,200 people named Angelie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Angelie in 2025?
- Angelie ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Angelie?
- About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Angelie — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Angelie with classmates?
- Angelie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Angelie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Janette#5099 · Loraine#5099 · Delfina#5099 · Hali#5099 · Mecca#5099 · Zoi#5099 · Afia#5099 · Emelie#5099
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