Engel

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Gender Masculine
Usage German (Rare), Ancient Germanic

Meaning & History

Originally this was a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element angil, referring to the Germanic tribe known in English as the Angles. Since the Middle Ages it has been firmly associated with the German word engel meaning "angel".

Related Names

Feminine FormsAngela, Angelika(German)
Other Languages & CulturesDeangelo(African American) Aingeru(Basque) Angel(Bulgarian) Àngel(Catalan) Anđelko, Anđelo(Croatian) Anděl(Czech) Angel(English) Ange(French) Anxo(Galician) Angelos(Greek) Angelo, Angelino, Angiolo, Giotto, Lino(Italian) Angelus(Late Roman) Angel, Angjelko(Macedonian) Ângelo(Portuguese) Anghel(Romanian) Ànghelu(Sardinian) Anđelko(Serbian) Ángel, Angelino(Spanish)

Sources & References

  • Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsches namenbuch (1900), page 108

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