Engel

Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage German (Rare), Ancient Germanic [1]

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

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

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Sources & References

  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 108.

Entry updated November 20, 2020