Angelisa
Feminine · “messenger”
Angelisa overlaps two names that were both everywhere when it appeared. Angela was among the standard American women's names of the mid-century and Lisa was, for a stretch of years, the most-given name in the country. Joining them at the shared letters is the most economical construction American naming has, and the seam here is invisible.
How old is the name Angelisa?
Angelisa first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Angelisa alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 800 people named Angelisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Angelisa most popular?
Angelisa peaked in 1969, reaching #3461 nationally. Today it ranks #14942, 11,481 places below that high. See the whole 1969 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Angela to Angelisa
The story of Angelisa
Lisa reached the very top of American naming in the 1960s, and Angela was close behind it. Names that common become raw material: American naming has always built new names by welding two familiar ones, and the best results share letters so that the join disappears. Angelisa appears in the record from 1959 and peaked a decade later, which places it exactly alongside the two names it is made from rather than after them.
Meaningscholars disagree
messenger, and my God is an oath
Angela comes from the Greek angelos, a messenger — the word acquired wings only when the Greek translators of the Hebrew scriptures used it for divine messengers. Lisa is a short form of Elisabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva. The compound has two meanings side by side rather than one, and no single derivation.
How the name formed
- Angela
- Angelisa
Related forms: Angela · Angélica
Pronouncing Angelisa
an-juh-LEE-suh
Four syllables, stress on the third. The g is soft, following Angela, and the s between vowels is said as a z, following Lisa — so each half keeps its own rules.
Nicknames for Angelisa
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
- 200729 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3461reached in 1969
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%5 in 2025, from 5
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.
Angelisa in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Angela in Italian — related form
- Angélica in Spanish — related form
Angelisas among us
people named Angelisa are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 321,453 born in 2025 was named Angelisa
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 Ruba test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Angelisa's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ruba climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ruba's path sketches the road Angelisa is walking now.
Angelisa 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
Angelisa beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Angelisa in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are complete standing names, so it shortens two very different ways.
- Four open syllables that sit well after almost any surname.
- It sounds established because both parts are, while being genuinely uncommon itself.
- Angelisa, Angelissa and Angeliza all appear, so the spelling has to be given.
- It belongs to a recognizable stretch of American naming and dates a woman accordingly.
- Four syllables means it will usually be shortened in practice.
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Frequently asked
- How many Angelisas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Angelisa are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Angelisa in 2025?
- Angelisa ranks #14942 among US girl names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Angelisa?
- About 1 in every 321,453 US girls born in 2025 was named Angelisa — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Angelisa with classmates?
- Angelisa will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Angelisa
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