Angelina is an Italian and Spanish diminutive of Angela and means "little angel" or "messenger", from the Greek angelos. Actress Angelina Jolie made the name feel glamorous to American parents at the turn of the century. In the United States Angelina climbed from number 157 in 2000 to a peak of number 43 in 2005, then slipped out of the top 100 and ranks number 347 in 2025.