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The name Ángela is the Spanish and Italian feminine form of the Latin Angelus, itself derived from the Greek angelos, meaning messenger or envoy, and used in Christian tradition to denote a heavenly messenger of God. The name spread widely through Catholic Europe during the medieval period, bolstered by figures such as Saint Angela Merici, the sixteenth-century Italian founder of the Ursuline order. Related forms include Angelina, Angelica, and Angela, while masculine cognates include Ángel and Angelo.