Andżela
From the Greek for "angel, messenger". Just 145 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Andżela Pronunciation
Andżela is pronounced ahn-JE-lah (/anˈd͡ʐɛla/).
What Andżela means
Where Andżela comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Andżela comes from the Greek word angelos, which meant messenger. The same root stands behind the word angel and behind the Polish anioł. Andżela is that old sound written the Polish way, with the soft dż taking the place of a foreign g.
The name belongs to the family of Angela, the feminine of the Latin Angelus. In a school register the spelling sets a girl apart at once. A teacher reading the list finds Andżela among the Anielas and Angelikas, and the dż tells the room that this name crossed a border to get here.
The meaning stayed close to where it began. A messenger, one who brings news. The tie to anioł came through Christian use of the Greek word, and it settled the name near the figure of the messenger from above. Andżela keeps that first task in its meaning: posłaniec, the one who carries word.
How many people are named Andżela
1 in 155475 women in Poland is named Andżela. 145 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2689 among female names.
Andżela's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Andżela as a middle name
Andżela is a first name for 145 women in Poland and a middle name for another 65, a 69/31 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 840th, between Sawa (66) and Bernardetta (65).
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#838 Noelia66
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#839 Sawa66
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#840 Andżela65
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#841 Bernardetta65
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#842 Kamelia65