Angila
Feminine · “A spelling of Angela”
Angila is Angela written with an i, a spelling from the years when Angela was everywhere in America. The name's most durable star was nominated for an Academy Award for her very first film, at seventeen.
How old is the name Angila?
Angila first appears in US birth records in 1952 — 73 years ago. The typical Angila alive today was born around 1973, making them about 52 years old. About 600 people named Angila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Angila most popular?
Angila peaked in 1973, reaching #2127 nationally. See the whole 1973 chart.
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Where it comes from
From angelos to Angila
The story of Angila
Angela Lansbury, evacuated from London to America during the Blitz, was working in a department store when MGM cast her as the sly maid in Gaslight; she was seventeen when she filmed it, and it earned her an Academy Award nomination. She went on to a career of nearly eighty years, from The Manchurian Candidate to Murder, She Wrote. Angila is one of the spellings of Angela used in the mid-century; nothing records why the i was chosen.
Meaning
A spelling of Angela, 'messenger, angel'
Angela is the feminine of Angelus, from Greek angelos, 'messenger'.
How the name formed
- angelos
- Angela
- Angila
Related forms: Angela · Angela · Angèle
Pronouncing Angila
AN-juh-luh
Three syllables with the stress on the first, like Angela.
Nicknames for Angila
Limited
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
- 1952
- Most girls named
- 197337 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2127reached in 1973
- Change vs 1994
- 0.0%5 in 1997, 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.
Angila in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Angela in English — spelling variant
- Angela in Italian — same name
- Angèle in French — same name
Angilas among us
people named Angila are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Angila sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds exactly like Angela, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Angie as a ready short form.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will write Angela.
- Some will read the i as a slip.
- It reads as a mid-century name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Angilas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Angila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Angila in 2025?
- Angila is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Angila with classmates?
- Angila will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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