Who gave the city Los Angeles her name?

Answer 1

this question has been asked so many times here before:

"In 1777, the new governor of California, Felipe de Neve, recommended to the viceroy of New Spain that the site be developed into a pueblo (town). The area was duly named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula," ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels on the River Porciúncula")."

Mercifully, they shortened to Los Angeles.

Answer 2

I suppose the name was given by spanish colonists. It means the angels, many names given by the spanish have a catholic origin: e.g. San Francisco, El Salvador, San Diego etc. etc. etc.