Anjelina
Feminine · “A spelling of Angelina”
Anjelina is Angelina written with the j that English actually hears in it. Two American Angelinas stand at the start of things: a Caddo woman who guided the first Spanish missions in East Texas, and a Southern abolitionist who was the first woman to speak before an American legislature.
How old is the name Anjelina?
Anjelina first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Anjelina alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Anjelina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Anjelina most popular?
Anjelina peaked in 2005, reaching #3052 nationally. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From angelos to Anjelina
The story of Anjelina
In East Texas at the end of the seventeenth century a Hasinai Caddo woman, baptized Angelina by Spanish missionaries, learned Spanish and served as guide and interpreter between her people and the newcomers; the Angelina River and Angelina County are named after her. In 1838 Angelina Grimké, daughter of a South Carolina slaveholding family who had become an abolitionist, spoke against slavery before a committee of the Massachusetts legislature, the first woman to address an American legislative body. Anjelina is one of the spellings American families have used.
Meaning
A spelling of Angelina, 'little angel'
Angelina is an Italian and Spanish diminutive of Angela, from Greek angelos, 'messenger'.
How the name formed
- angelos
- Angela
- Angelina
- Anjelina
Related forms: Angelina · Angelina · Angelina
Pronouncing Anjelina
an-juh-LEE-nuh
Four syllables with the stress on the third.
Nicknames for Anjelina
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
- 1973
- Most girls named
- 200552 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3052reached in 2005
- Change vs 2019
- +20.0%6 in 2023, 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.
Anjelina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Angelina in Italian — same name
- Angelina in Spanish — same name
- Angelina in English — spelling variant
Anjelinas among us
people named Anjelina 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
Anjelina 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 like Angelina, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Angie and Lina as ready short forms.
- Carries remarkable American bearers.
- Almost everyone will write Angelina.
- Four syllables is long for everyday use.
- Some will read the j as a slip.
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Frequently asked
- How many Anjelinas 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 Anjelina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Anjelina in 2025?
- Anjelina is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Anjelina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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