Given name & surname · Greek
Άγγελος
“angel”
Άγγελος (Ángelos) is a masculine given name from Byzantine Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Angelo.
Meaning & origin
Άγγελος’s family of names
In Greek usage, Άγγελος has a diminutive in Αγγελικούλα f also Κούλα. In Greek usage, Άγγελος has a feminine form in Αγγέλα. In Greek usage, Άγγελος has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Anioł.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Άγγελος has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
11 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Άγγελος
- Angelos CharisteasGreek footballerborn 1980
- Angelos BasinasGreek executive and retired association football playerborn 1976
- Angelos SikelianosGreek poet and writer (1884–1951)
- Angelos AnastasiadisGreek football manager and playerborn 1953
- Angelos FetsisGreek athletics competitor1878
- Angelos PavlakakisGreek sprinterborn 1976
- Angelos ChantiGreek footballerborn 1989
- Evangelos KoroniosGreek basketball player (born 1969)
- Angelos TsamisGreek basketball player (born 1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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