Given name & surname
Anselmi
“one who follows nobility; protection from God”
Anselmi is a variant of Ansel. One French interpretation is “one who follows nobility; protection from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anselmi is a variant of Ansel. One French interpretation is “one who follows nobility; protection from God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anselmi is a variant of Ansel. An origin associated with Ansel is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Swedish Anselm, from Old High German ans (“god”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anselmi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 826 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.
Anselmi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Anselmi shares a linguistic root with the English form Anselm. Anselmi has a related form in Ansel. In Finnish usage, Anselmi has a conventional equivalent in the English form Anselm.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anselmi has relatives in 6 languages.
5 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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