Ange
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Ange is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Côte d’Ivoire than in any other country. In Congo - Kinshasa it is the 50th most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Latin angelus, from Greek angelos 'messenger, angel'.
- CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 208(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 917
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Côte d’Ivoire (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 315 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 208 (inferred from the name graph)
≈130,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Côte d’Ivoire, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Latinangelus(measured from records)
- Greekangelos(measured from records)
From Latin angelus, from Greek angelos 'messenger, angel'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ange counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | #414 | ≈130,000 est. | ≈1 in 208 | — | Ange | 38 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #50 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Ange | 24 |
| CM Cameroon | #70 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 917 | — | Ange | 40 |
| BI Burundi | — | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 479 | 3 | — | 16 |
| FR France | #485 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | 20K | Ange | 315 |
| US United States | — | 1,321 | 1 in 252K | 1.3K | Ange | 174 |
| GA Gabon | — | ≈490 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 32 | — | 24 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); CENI — Liste nominative definitive des candidats deputes 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Ange is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Du latin angelus, « messager/ange »; fête des anges.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Du grec angelos « messager ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of angō
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ttj, my (first-person singular possessive pronoun)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Nynorsk, a sweet odour; a good smell
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Ange-Jacques Gabrielb. 1698FRFrench architect
- Michel-Ange Duquesne de Mennevilleb. 1700FRGovernor of New France
- Ange-François Fariaub. 1747FRFrench poet
- Ange Hyacinthe Maxence de Damasb. 1785FRFrench politician and general (1785-1862)
- Ange-Louis Janetb. 1815FRFrench lithographer and painter (1815–1872)
- Henri Bettib. 1917FRnot in their usual nameFrench composer and pianist (1917-2005)
- Jean-Pierre Darrasb. 1927FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor (1927-1999)
- Ange Lecciab. 1952FRFrench artist and filmmaker (born 1952)
- Ange Postecogloub. 1965AUAustralian association football player and manager
- Ange Bastergab. 1981FRFrench film director
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 67 sources across 39 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 20K | #185 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 2.6K | #1,304 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 953 | #10,193 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 368 | #10,193 |
| GA Gabon | Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative) | 2025 | 32 | #64 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 5 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2019 | 5 | — |
| BI Burundi | CENI — Liste nominative definitive des candidats deputes 2025 | 2025 | 3 | #14 |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ange mean, and where does it come from?
- From Latin angelus, from Greek angelos 'messenger, angel'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Ange a male or female name?
- Ange is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Ange?
- In the etymology graph, Angel, Angelo and Ángel are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Ange have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 132 thousand people named Ange in Côte d’Ivoire, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ange.
- How common is the name Ange?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,321 people named Ange in 2020, about 1 in 252 thousand residents.
- How common is Ange compared with other names?
- In Côte d’Ivoire, Ange is the 414th most common given name of 25,253 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/angeThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ange” — the 414th most common given name in Côte d’Ivoire. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.