Family name origins & meanings
- French : from the personal name Angelier, with the definite article l’. This is in origin a Germanic personal name Angilhari, Angalhari, composed of the elements angil, angal (of uncertain origin) + hari ‘army’. The first element may be an augmentation of ango ‘point (of a sword)’, ‘lance’, or an ethnic term for the Angles.
- The name L’Angelier has been found in Quebec City since 1665, taken there from Normandy, France.