Angelo - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 3 syll. an-ge-lo, ang-elo ] The boy name Angelo is pronounced AENJHahLOW ^KEY. Angelo's origin is Old Greek, and its use, English and Italian. Angelo is a variant of Angel (English, Slavic, and Spanish). See also the related forms, Dangelo (English) and Deangelo (English).

Angelo is a popular baby boy name. The name's popularity increased from the 1900s up to the 1910s; before that, it was of only modest use. At the height of its usage in 1914, 0.094% of baby boys were named Angelo. It had a ranking of #146 then. The baby name has seen a decline in popularity since then. In 2007, it ranked at #263 with a usage of 0.060%, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after Angel (English, Slavic, and Spanish), within all boy names in its family. It was more regularly used than Angelo by 9 times in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Angelo include Ancel (English), Ansel (English), Ansell (English), and Anshel (Yiddish).

^KEY: Pronunciation for Angelo: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"

Details of famous persons named Angelo:
Bodybuilder Charles Atlas, born Angelo Siciliano 30 October 1893 - 24 December 1972, Acri, Calabria, Italy.
Religious Figure Angelo Scola, born 7 November 1941, Malgrate, Italy.

Popularity Trend
for Angelo
from 1900 to 2007

Variant Popularity Chart
for Angelo
in 2007