Angelo

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ángelo in CR Costa Rica.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Angelo is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name909K records spelled Angelo48 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Italy

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Angeloe, Ângelo, Ángelo, Angel-O, Angelo Gabriel

• French given name112K records spelled Angelo25 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Philippines

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Angélo, Ângelo, Angel-O, Angèlo, Añgelo

• a separate given name28K records spelled Angelo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Ângelo, Ángelo, ́angelo, Ãngelo

• Indonesian given name20K records spelled Angelo7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Italy

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Ángelo, Angéló, Ângelo, Angélo

• Polish given name12K records spelled Angelo41 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Croatia, United States, Italy

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

  Also written Ангело, Анджело, Andzhelo, Анѓело, Ângelo

• Swahili given name12K records spelled Angelo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, South Africa, Italy

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

  Also written Ângelo, ́angelo

• Thai given name6.0K records spelled Angelo39 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Angle, Angelik, Dangelo, D'Angelo, Angella

• Greek given name5.0K records spelled Angelo12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Greece, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Antzelo, Aggelo, Άγγελο, Άντζελο, Αγγέλο

• Danish given name4.3K records spelled Angelo7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Norway, Italy

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Ângelo

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Angelo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, Dal greco ángelos, 'messaggero'; nome di molti santi, tra cui l'apostolo venerato il 30 novembre.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, do gr. ággelos, 'mensageiro'; patronímico de filiação

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Italian, Dal greco ángelos, "messaggero; angelo".

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• anjo; befor 1400

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Swedish, Angelo är en spansk och italiensk form av Angelus, se → Angela. Angelos är den ursprungliga grekiska formen.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 144 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gregory XIIb. 1335ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
• Angelo Polizianob. 1454ITItalian classical scholar and poet (1454-1494)
• John XXIIIb. 1881ITnot in their usual namehead of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
• Angelo Rizzolib. 1889ITItalian film producer and publisher (1889–1970)
• Angelo Rossittob. 1908USAmerican actor (1908-1991)
• Dario Fob. 1926ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)
• Angelo Badalamentib. 1937USAmerican composer (1937–2022)
• Giovanni Angelo Becciub. 1948ITRoman Catholic archbishop and diplomat (born 1948)
• J. B. Smooveb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Angelo Di Liviob. 1966ITItalian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,180 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Angelo?

We estimate roughly 176 thousand people bear Angelo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Angelo have the most bearers?

Angelo is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled angelo.

How common is Angelo compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Angelo is the 120th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Angelo a male or female name?

Angelo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Angelo mean?

Recorded meaning: from the Italian male personal name Angelo, ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger, angel’