Angelica (given name)
{{Infobox given name
| name = Anjelica
| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|æ|n|ˈ|dʒ|ɛ|l|ɪ|k|ə}} {{respell|ann|JEL|ih|kə}}
| gender = Female
| meaning = Angelic
| language = Any Indo-European language
| name day = Any
| related names = Angellica, Angelika, Angellika, Angelique, Anjelica Angelikca
}}
Angelica is an English language surname and female given name and a variant of Angelika or vice versa.{{cite web
| last = Campbell
| first = Mike
| title = Angelica
| work = Behind the Name: the etymology and history of first names
| url = http://www.behindthename.com/name/angelica
| accessdate = 24 March 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080323102106/http://www.behindthename.com/name/angelica| archivedate= 23 March 2008 | url-status= live}}
Meaning
Angelica comes from the Latin angelicus ("angelic"), which in turn is descended from the Greek {{lang|grc|άγγελος}} (ángelos) meaning "messenger of God" or "angel". Its male counterpart is Angelico.
As a surname
Angelica is also a surname with similar meaning and was historically found mostly in the UK, US, and Canada. It was reported that they had a relatively low life expectancy of under 50 years. [https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=angelica Angelica Family History] ancestry.com
Variations
Notable Angelicas
=Historical=
- Angelica Agurbash (born 1970), Belarusian singer and former model
- Angélica de Almeida (born 1965), Brazilian long-distance runner
- Angélica Aragón (born 1953), Mexican film and telenovela actress
- Angelica Balabanoff (1878–1965), Ukrainian Jewish-Italian socialist
- Angellica Bell (born 1976), British television and radio presenter
- Angelica Bella (active on 1990s), Hungarian pornographic actress
- Angelica Bengtsson (born 1993), Swedish pole vaulter
- Angelica Bridges (born 1970), American actress
- Angelica Burevik (born 1958), Swedish association footballer
- Aggeliki Daliani (born 1979), Greek actress
- Angelica Garcia (born 1972), American Latin pop star from the 1990s
- Angelica Garnett (1918–2012), British writer, painter and artist
- Angelica Generosa, American ballet dancer
- Angélica Gorodischer (1928–2022), Argentine writer
- Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar, American politician
- Angelica Hale (born 2007), American singer
- Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857), the second child and the first daughter of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton
- Angelica Hicks (born 1992), British artist
- Anjelica Huston (born 1951), American actress
- Angeliki Karapataki (born 1975), Greek water polo player
- Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807), Swiss painter
- Angélica Ksyvickis (born 1973), Brazilian TV personality.
- Angélica Kvieczynski (born 1991), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- Angélica Larrea (born 1944), Afro-Bolivian ceremonial queen
- Angelica Lopez (born 2000), Filipina model and beauty pageant titleholder
- Angelica Mandy (born {{circa|1997}}), English actress
- Angélica María (born 1944), Mexican actress and singer
- Angelica Martinelli (fl. 1578), Italian actress
- Angelica Panganiban (born 1986), Filipina actress and model
- Angelica Schuyler Church (1756–1814), member of American Schuyler family
- Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (born 1976), Greek javelin thrower
- Angélica Vale (born 1975), Mexican-American actress
- Angelica Van Buren (1818–1877), daughter-in-law of the 8th United States President
- Mother Angelica (Rita Antoinette Rizzo, 1923–2016), American Roman Catholic nun and founder of the Eternal Word Television Network
- American wrestler Lita, whose ring name once was Angelica
=Fictional=
- Angelica is a princess of Cathay in Orlando innamorato (1483–1495) and Orlando Furioso (1516–1532)
- Angelica Jones, real name of Marvel's hero Firestar
- Angelica Pickles (active since 1991) is a cartoon character from the American animated series Rugrats, and the show's spin-off Rugrats: All Grown Up
- Angelica Button, a fictional child character from The Simpsons