Angelika is a variant of

Angelica ''Angelica'' is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as Iceland, Lapland, and Greenland. They grow t ...

, derived from Latin ''angelicus'' meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek ''ἄγγελος'' (''ángelos'') – "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their 'Orlando' poems (1495 and 1532), where it belongs to Orlando's love interest. It has been used as a given name since the 18th century. Angelika is used in Polish, German, Slovak and Czech. Notable people with the name include: *

Angelika Amon Angelika Amon (January 10, 1967 – October 29, 2020) was an Austrian American molecular and cell biologist, and the Kathleen and Curtis Marble Professor in Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massach ...

, Ph.D. (1967–2020), Austrian American molecular and cell biologist, professor at MIT *

Angelika Bachmann Angelika Bachmann (born 16 May 1979) is a former professional German tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 130th, which she reached on 17 April 2000. Her career high in doubles of world no. 90 set on 18 December 2000. Angelika Bachm ...

(born 1979), professional German tennis player *

Angelika Bahmann Angelika Bahmann (born 1 April 1952 in Plauen) is a former East German slalom canoeist and trainer who competed in the 1970s. She won a gold medal in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Bahmann also won six medals in the ICF ...

(born 1952), East German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s * Angelika Beer (born 1957), German politician *

Angelika Brunkhorst Angelika Brunkhorst (née Huber; born 9 October 1955, in Hanover) is a German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party (Germany), FDP. A member of the FDP since 1995, on 21 March 2003 she replaced the retiring Christian Eberl in the Bun ...

(born 1955), German politician and member of the FDP *

Angelika Buck Angelika Buck (born 9 June 1950) is a German former ice dancer who competed for West Germany. With her brother Erich Buck, she is the 1972 European champion, a four-time World medalist, and a six-time West German national champion. Career ...

(born 1950), German figure skater *

Angelika Bunse-Gerstner Angelika Bunse-Gerstner (born 1951) is a German mathematician specializing in numerical linear algebra and control theory. Education and career Bunse-Gerstner earned her Ph.D. from Bielefeld University in 1978. Her dissertation, ''Der HR-Algorithm ...

, German mathematician *

Angelika Dünhaupt Angelika Dünhaupt (born 22 December 1946) is a German luger who competed representing West Germany during the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, she originally finished sixth in the women's singles event, but ...

(born 1946), West German luger * Angelika de la Cruz (born 1981), Filipina actress and singer *

Angelika Handt Angelika Kahl, née Handt (born 10 July 1954 in Radebeul, Bezirk Dresden) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. She won a gold medal in 4x400 metres relay at the 1974 European Championships, together with teammates W ...

(born 1954), retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres *

Angelika Hurwicz Angelika Hurwicz (22 April 1922, Berlin – 26 November 1999, Bergen) was a German actress and theatre director. She worked with Bertolt Brecht at his Berliner Ensemble company until 1958, when she moved to West Germany West Germany is the ...

(1922–1999), German actress and theatre director *

Anna Maria Angelika Jansson Anna Maria Angelika Jansson (born 13 February 1958) is a Swedish crime writer and nurse from Visby, Gotland. She started her career as a surgeon nurse, but soon went over to the lung clinic due to her frequent fainting from seeing blood. Jansson ...

(born 1958), Swedish crime writer and nurse from Gotland *

Angelika Kallio Angelika Kallio (born 15 September 1972) is a Finnish model, living and working abroad since the early 1990s.''Elle'' (FIN), May 2010. Background Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union, Kallio moved to Finland with her mother as a child, attend ...

(born 1972), Latvian-born Finnish model *

Angelika Keilig-Hellmann Angelika Hellmann (later Keilig, born 10 April 1954) is a retired German gymnast. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a silver and a bronze medal in the team competitions, respectively. He ...

(born 1954), German gymnast *

Angelika Kirchschlager Angelika Kirchschlager (born 24 November 1965, Salzburg) is an Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer. Career Kirchschlager began her musical training at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she studied percussion and piano. In 1984, she ...

(born 1966), Austrian mezzo-soprano opera and lieder singer *

Angelika Kirkhmaier Angelika Kirchmayr, also spelled Angelika Kirkhmaier (russian: Анжелика Кирхмайер), is a former Soviet ice dancer. She is the 1989 World Junior champion with partner Dmitri Lagutin. She was married (now divorced) to Oleg Ovsyan ...

, former Soviet ice dancer *

Angelika Kluk Peter Britton Tobin (27 August 1946 – 8 October 2022) was a Scottish convicted serial killer and sex offender who served a whole life order at HM Prison Edinburgh for three murders committed between 1991 and 2006. Police also investigated Tob ...

(1983–2006), Polish-born crime victim *

Angelika Knipping Angelika Knipping (born January 7, 1961) is a retired female breaststroke swimmer from Germany, who won a gold medal at the 1981 Summer Universiade in Bucharest. She represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1961), retired female breaststroke swimmer from Germany *

Angelika Kratzer Angelika Kratzer is a professor emerita of linguistics in the department of linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Biography She was born in Germany, and received her PhD from the University of Konstanz in 1979, with a dissertat ...

, semanticist whose expertise includes modals, situation semantics, and the syntax-semantics interface *

Angelika Machinek Angelika Machinek (17 November 1956 – 12 October 2006) was a German glider pilot. She was five times German gliding champion and broke nine FIA gliding world records, four in the D1M class, four in D15 and one in DO. She was also a dramatu ...

(1956–2006), German glider pilot *

Angelika Muharukua Angelika Kazetjindire Muharukua (12 January 1958 Opuwo, Kunene Region – 1 October 2017) was a Namibian politician. An ethnic Herero from northwestern Namibia, Muharukua joined the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) in 1979. She was ...

(born 1958), Namibian politician *

Angelika Neuner Angelika Neuner (born 23 December 1969) is an Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002. Competing in four Winter Olympics, she won two medals in the women's singles event with a silver in 1992 and a bronze in 1998. Her younger sister, Doris ...

(born 1969), Austrian luger who competed from 1987 to 2002 *

Angelika Niebler Angelika Niebler (née Rupertseder; born 18 February 1963) is a German lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 1999. She is a member of the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, part of the Europ ...

(born 1963), German politician and MEP for Bavaria *

Angelika Noack Angelika Noack (born 20 October 1952) is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Angermünde Angermünde () is a town in the district of Uckermark in the stat ...

(born 1950), German rower *

Angelika Overath Angelika Overath (born 17 July 1957 in Karlsruhe) is a German author and journalist. Overath studied German literature, History, Italian Studies, and Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen and wrote a PhD-thesis in 1986 about the colour ...

(born 1957), German author and journalist *

Angelika Raubal Angela Maria "Geli" Raubal (; 4 July 1908 – 18 September 1931) was an Austrian woman who was the half-niece of Adolf Hitler. Born in Linz, Austria-Hungary, she was the second child and eldest daughter of Leo Raubal Sr. and Hitler's half-si ...

(1908–1931), Adolf Hitler's half-niece *

Angelika Schafferer Angelika Schafferer (born 1960) is an Austrian luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She won the bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 1978 FIL World Luge Championships in Imst, Austria. Schafferer also compe ...

(born 1960), Austrian luger who competed during the late 1970s and early 1980s *

Angelika Speitel Angelika Speitel (born 12 February 1952) is a former member of the West German terrorist Red Army Faction (RAF). Life Speitel worked as a clerk in the office of lawyer Klaus Croissant, alongside her husband Volker Speitel (who was also an RAF ...

(born 1952), former member of the West German terrorist Red Army Faction *

Angelika Tagwerker Angelika Tagwerker (fl. 1990s) is an Austrian luger who competed in the early 1990s. She won the silver medal in the mixed team event at the 1991 FIL World Luge Championships in Winterberg, Germany Germany, officially the Federal R ...

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1990s), Austrian luger who competed in the early 1990s *

Angelika Volquartz Angelika Volquartz (born 2 September 1946 in Uelzen, Lower Saxony) is a German politician. She was the mayor of Kiel Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a populat ...

(born 1946), the mayor of Kiel, Germany *

Anzhelika Valerievna Angelika is a variant of Angelica, derived from Latin ''angelicus'' meaning "angelic", ultimately related to Greek ''ἄγγελος'' (''ángelos'') – "messenger". The poets Boiardo and Ariosto used this name in their 'Orlando' poems (1495 and ...

(born 1978), fashion designer, Belarus *

(born 1946), the mayor of Kiel, Germany *

Anzhelika Savrayuk Anzhelika Savrayuk ( uk, Анжеліка Савраюк; born 23 August 1989 in Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian-born Italian rhythmic gymnast. Career Savrayuk has competed in two Olympic Games. She and the Italian group c ...

(born 1989), Ukrainian-Italian rhythmic gymnast

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