Angie (first name)
Angie is a female, more rarely a male given name than Angy .
Origin and meaning
Angie is the English short form of the female first names Angela , Angelina and Angelika . The origin is always the same, from Latin angelus 'messenger', ' angel ', this from Greek and perhaps Old Persian.
The form Angy then also corresponds to Angelo , Ángel , and the like.
distribution
The name is made famous by the Rolling Stones hit Angie , written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards , and published in 1973 on Goats Head Soup . Since then, the name has gained independence and as such is used worldwide.
The Angy form is rarer, international, and largely unisex.
Name days
Name bearers (both forms)
- Angie Brooks married. Brooks-Randolph (1928–2007), Liberian lawyer and diplomat
- Angy Burri , origin. Angelo Burri (1939–2013), Swiss artist and musician
- Angie Dickinson , origin. Angelina Brown (born 1931), American actress
- Angy Eiter , origin. Angela Eiter (* 1986), Austrian sport climber
- Angy Fernández , origin. Ángela María Fernández González (* 1990), Spanish actress and singer
- Angie Lau (* 1973), Chinese journalist
- Angie Reed (* 1973), American musician
- Angelo Rossitto , also known as Little Angie (1908–1991), American actor
- Angie Sage (* 1952), British illustrator and author
- Angie Stone , origin. Angela Laverne Brown (born 1961), American singer
- Angie Thomas (* 1988), American writer
Other terms
- Location: Angie (Louisiana)
- for works see Angie