Given name & surname
Angelo
“a messenger from God”
In English use, Angelo is a variant of Deangelo. One Italian interpretation is “a messenger from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Angelo is a variant of Deangelo. One Italian interpretation is “a messenger from God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Angelo is a variant of Deangelo. An origin associated with Deangelo is Italian. Angelo shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel. Angel has been associated with Greek and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Angelo shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel. The history of Angel gives this family its wider story. Angel Clare, a male character in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, illustrates the name’s history in English masculine use. Angel’s later use for girls also draws on angel as a term of endearment.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Angelo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 86,956
- 86,106 boys · 850 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 1,338 babies
- 2025
- 1,124
- #304 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,124 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 304 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,338 in 2007. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (226). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 55,360 as a first name in 2020; 7,397 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Angelo’s family of names
In English usage, Angelo has a diminutive in Ange. Angelo shares a linguistic root with Angel. In English usage, Angelo has a related form in Deangelo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Angelo has relatives in 15 languages.
21 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Angelo
- Pope John XXIIIhead of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 19631881–1963
- PolizianoItalian classical scholar and poet (1454-1494)
- Angelo ScolaCardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of Milanborn 1941
- Angelo PeruzziItalian association football playerborn 1970
- Angelo BadalamentiAmerican composer (1937–2022)
- Angelo BagnascoCatholic cardinalborn 1943
- Angelo Sodanocardinal of the Catholic Church1927–2022
- Angelo SchiavioItalian footballer (1905-1990)
- Angelo PalomboItalian association football playerborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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