Meaning of the nameAngelina
- Female
- Italian origin
- Latin origin
- An-ge-li-na
Angelina is a feminine name that Wiktionary gives as the feminine of Angelino, an Italian diminutive of Angelo, a name that comes from Latin Angelus and is linked to 'angel'.
Meaning
“feminine form of Angelino, a diminutive of Angelo, a name linked to the Latin word for 'angel'”
Source: Wiktionary: Angelina · Wiktionary: Angelino (Italian) · Behind the Name: Angelina · Behind the Name: Angel
- People (2022)
- 44,802
- Rank in Brazil
- #607
- Median age
- 49 years
- 2010 Census
- 46,803
- people
Angelina in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Angelina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (7,012 people).
44,591 women 211 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Angelina is most common
States with the highest share of people named Angelina in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.031%
- Santa Catarina 0.031%
- Roraima 0.029%
- Mato Grosso 0.028%
- Espírito Santo 0.028%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 10,433 | 0.024% |
| Minas Gerais | 4,283 | 0.021% |
| Paraná | 3,588 | 0.031% |
| Bahia | 3,483 | 0.025% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 2,800 | 0.026% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,503 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 2,336 | 0.031% |
| Ceará | 1,650 | 0.019% |
| Pará | 1,471 | 0.018% |
| Pernambuco | 1,349 | 0.015% |
| Goiás | 1,338 | 0.019% |
| Maranhão | 1,136 | 0.017% |
| Espírito Santo | 1,066 | 0.028% |
| Amazonas | 1,065 | 0.027% |
| Mato Grosso | 1,028 | 0.028% |
| Piauí | 699 | 0.021% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 684 | 0.025% |
| Paraíba | 622 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 581 | 0.018% |
| Distrito Federal | 526 | 0.019% |
| Alagoas | 504 | 0.016% |
| Rondônia | 440 | 0.028% |
| Tocantins | 378 | 0.025% |
| Sergipe | 307 | 0.014% |
| Roraima | 184 | 0.029% |
| Amapá | 179 | 0.024% |
| Acre | 169 | 0.020% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Angelina
Wiktionary defines Angelina as the feminine of Angelino, which in Italian is formed from Angelo with the diminutive suffix -ino; Angelo comes from Latin Angelus. Behind the Name, for its part, describes Angelina as a Latinized diminutive of Angela, the feminine of Angelus, and explains Angelus as a medieval Latin name taken from the word for 'angel', which goes back to Greek angelos, 'messenger'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,802 people named Angelina, with a median age of 49. The largest group was born in the 2010s, but the name was already frequent among women born before 1970. It is almost always female and, proportionally, most common in Paraná; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Anjelina as a spelling variant.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Angelina · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Angelino (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: Angelo (Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Behind the Name: Angelina · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Angel · behindthename.com · meaning
- Behind the Name: Angelo · behindthename.com · origin
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Angelina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Angelina
What does the name Angelina mean?
Angelina means “feminine form of Angelino, a diminutive of Angelo, a name linked to the Latin word for 'angel'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Angelina in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 44,802 people with the first name Angelina, which ranks it number 607 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.
Is Angelina a boy's or a girl's name?
Angelina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 44,591 women and 211 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Angelina?
Angelina is a name of Italian and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Angelina most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.031% of the state's population is named Angelina (3,588 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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