Meaning and background
The story behind Angelika
Angelika is the spelling used for a form of Angelica in German, Polish and several Central European languages. It retains the broader Latin angelicus ancestry while following different spelling and pronunciation conventions from English Angelica. The German version has a strong middle stress that may surprise an English speaker. For a dog it offers a familiar name family with a distinctive written k; neither spelling establishes a personality trait.
- Origin
- German, Polish and Hungarian form of Angelica, ultimately from Latin angelicus. Source
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About Angelika
Recorded as a dog’s name
Angelika appears in 2 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ændʒɛlɪkə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ændʒɛlɪkə/ · primary stress on syllable 2AE0 N JH EH1 L IH2 K AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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