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Angelo - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Angelo

[ 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, Greek, and Italian. Angelo is a variant of Angel (English, Slavic, and Spanish). See also the related forms, Dangelo (English) and Deangelo (English).

Angelo is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a popular baby boy name, but to a lesser degree than it was previously. 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 2008, it ranked at #284 with a usage of 0.055%, 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 2008.

Baby names that sound like Angelo include Anjelo (Italian), Amshel (Yiddish), Ancel (English), Ancell (English), Ansel (English), Ansell (English), Anshel (Yiddish), Ansil (English), and Ansill (English).

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.

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)"


 
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