Given name & surname · also Latin
Angelus
Angelus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in English, Cebuano, and Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Angelus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Angelus developed from Ἄγγελος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Angelus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 399
- 374 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,303 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −35%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,303 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 431 as a first name in 2020; 243 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.
Angelus’s family of names
Angelus has a feminine form in Angela. In English usage, Angelus has a related form in Angelo. In English usage, Angelus shares an earlier linguistic root with Angel.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Angelus has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Angelus comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Angeldoublet · English
- Angelafeminine form · English
- Andělínequivalent
- Anxeluderivative · Asturian
- ÂngeloPortuguese
- AniołPolish
- ÁngelaSpanish
- Anxelafeminine form · Asturian
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People named Angelus
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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