ENGEL

Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

The original meaning of this name element is 'Angle, member of the Germanic people of the Angles'. They took their name from their region of origin, Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein (northern Germany).

The place name probably refers to the region's 'angular' contours or outline. Another theory is, that it derives from the 'angled' shape of the hooks used by fishermen ('anglers') there.

It has early been associated with the modern word engel (Danish, Norwegian, German), ängel (Swedish) = 'angel'

Proto-Norse

*anʒilaR = 'hook for fishing'

Old Norse

ǫngul-l = 'hook for fishing'

Old High German

angul = 'hook for fishing', 'peak'

Old Saxon

engil = 'Angle'
angul = 'hook for fishing', 'peak'

Related Names

See Angel, Engel, Engill, Enkka, Ingela and Ǫngull

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRT	see Engilberht (German)
BORG	see Engelburg (German)
EY	see Engley (Norse)
FRID	see Engelfried (German)
FRÍÐ	see Engilfríður (Norse)
FROST	see Frostängla (Norse)
GERD	see Engelgard (German)
HARD	see Engelhard (German)
JON	see Engiljón (Norse)
MARI	see Engilmaría (Norse)
RAD	see Engilráð (Norse)
ROS	see Engilrós (Norse)

First Element Forms

Angil-
Em-
Enge- Engel- Engil-
Enkel-
Ing- Inge- Ingil-

Last Element Forms

-ängla