Angelina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela. From Italian Angelina. By surface analysis, Angela + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Angeline.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Angelina (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Angelina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 20 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 31 |
| 2002 | 41 |
| 2003 | 58 |
| 2004 | 56 |
| 2005 | 99 |
| 2006 | 149 |
| 2007 | 111 |
| 2008 | 112 |
| 2009 | 106 |
| 2010 | 104 |
| 2011 | 86 |
| 2012 | 105 |
| 2013 | 70 |
| 2014 | 65 |
| 2015 | 73 |
| 2016 | 57 |
| 2017 | 45 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 39 |
| 2020 | 40 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 480 |
| 2000 | 496 |
| 2001 | 536 |
| 2002 | 582 |
| 2003 | 650 |
| 2004 | 709 |
| 2005 | 813 |
| 2006 | 971 |
| 2007 | 1,103 |
| 2008 | 1,226 |
| 2009 | 1,350 |
| 2010 | 1,456 |
| 2011 | 1,557 |
| 2012 | 1,683 |
| 2013 | 1,766 |
| 2014 | 1,851 |
| 2015 | 1,933 |
| 2016 | 1,998 |
| 2017 | 2,053 |
| 2018 | 2,108 |
| 2019 | 2,162 |
| 2020 | 2,197 |
Angelina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Angelina.Hi! My name is Angelina.
- Angelina har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Angelina has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Angelina i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Angelina this afternoon.
- Angelinas mamma är lärare.Angelina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Angelinas mamma is Angelina's mum.
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Questions about Angelina
How do you pronounce Angelina in Swedish?
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What does the name Angelina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Ancient Greek, an Italian diminutive of Angela. From Italian Angelina. By surface analysis, Angela + -ina. Piecewise doublet of Angeline.
How popular is Angelina in Sweden?
28 babies were named Angelina in 2022. In 2020, 2,197 people in Sweden had Angelina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.