Angel
Angel is a unisex given name: about 73% of people named Angel are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
Angel · Ángel
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Male / female split
- 73% male / 27% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Spain, Bulgaria
- Also spelled
- Ángel
- US births since 1880
- 226,719 male / 94,837 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Angel
To address Angel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Angel," in English, "Guten Tag Angel," in German. About 73% of people named Angel are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Angel,
German
Guten Tag Angel,
French
Bonjour Angel,
Spanish
Estimado/a Angel:
Chinese
Angel您好：
Japanese
Angel様
English
Hi Angel,
German
Hi Angel,
French
Salut Angel,
Spanish
Hola Angel,
Chinese
Angel你好：
Japanese
Angelさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | unisex name | 71% |
| Spain | common | man's name | 98% |
| Bulgaria | common | man's name | 98% |
| North Macedonia | uncommon | man's name | 98% |
| Belgium | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Switzerland | rare | man's name | 75% |
| France | rare | man's name | 75% |
| Moldova | rare | man's name | 98% |
United States birth data
226,719 male · 94,837 female · 321,556 births recorded
Since 1980: 74% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Angel a male or female name?
Angel is a unisex given name: about 73% of people named Angel are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Angel in an email?
To address Angel when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Angel," in English, "Guten Tag Angel," in German. About 73% of people named Angel are men and 27% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Angel a unisex name?
Angel is not a unisex name: 73% of people named Angel are men. Angel leans strongly male overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Angel a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/angel (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_angel,
title = {Is Angel a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/angel},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}