When men are impatient with children, it is extremely displeasing to the Angels; 1858, Frederick William Faber, Ethel's Book; or, Tales of the Angels, page 59:
But alas, we were directed to climb over the ship to Angels 12 to provide protection to the ship. 2011, James A. Oleson, In Their Own Words - the Final Chapter, page 93:
A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.
Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.
"What is your first name, Mr Botibol? What does the A stand for?" "Angel," he answered. "Not Angel." "Yes," he said irritably. "Angel Botibol," she murmured and she began to giggle. But she checked herself and said, "I think it's a most unusual and distinguished name." 1973, Roald Dahl, More Tales of the Unexpected: Mr Botibol:
A unisex given name ▸ A male given name ▸ A male given name, variant of Angelo
A unisex given name ▸ A male given name ▸ A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century
A unisex given name ▸ A male given name ▸ A male given name from Spanish Ángel, as an anglicization
A unisex given name ▸ A female given name ▸ A female given name, variant of Angela
A unisex given name ▸ A female given name ▸ A female given name from English, of modern usage, from the English noun angel.
A surname
At last when nothing else would do he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel. 1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 250, column 2:
A surname ▸ A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname
A surname ▸ A surname originating as a patronymic
A surname ▸ A surname transferred from the given name