Anjelique

Meaning & origin

Anjelique is a modern American respelling of Angelique, first recorded in U.S. Social Security data in 1987. It reached its peak year of usage in 1996, though it has never entered the top 1000 names, reflecting very low but steady usage. The spelling combines the familiar 'Anj-' sound with the French-sounding '-lique' suffix, following a pattern of creative respellings popular in the late 20th century. Despite its rarity, Anjelique has appeared in records from multiple decades, with a stable trajectory that suggests occasional but consistent use. No top states are associated with the name, indicating it is distributed sparsely across the country.

Anjelique is a modern respelling of the French name Angelique, which derives from the Greek angelos, meaning 'messenger'. Saint Angelique (Angela Merici) was a 16th-century Italian religious figure, though this spelling is a late 20th-century American innovation, combining the sound of Angelique with a fashionable 'Anj-' variation. It first appeared in U.S. records in 1987 and saw modest use in the 1990s.