Given name & surname
Anselmo
“one who follows nobility; protection from God”
Anselmo is a variant of Ansel. One French interpretation is “one who follows nobility; protection from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anselmo 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
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together ans (“divinity”) and helm (“helmet”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anselmo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,748
- 2,748 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,788 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,788 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,705 as a first name in 2020; 2,850 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.
Anselmo’s family of names
In Asturian usage, Anselmo has a diminutive in SELMO. Anselmo shares a linguistic root with Anselm. Anselmo has a related form in Ansel.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anselmo has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
7 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.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anselmo
- Anselmo RamonBrazilian association football playerborn 1988
- Anselmo DuarteBrazilian film director, actor and screenwriter (1920–2009)
- Anselmo Alliegro y MiláPrime Minister of Cuba (1899-1961)
- Anselmo LorenzoSpanish author1841–1914
- Anselm of LaonFrench medieval theologian and philosopher1050–1117
- JuninhoBrazilian footballer and managerborn 1982
- Anselmo CitterioItalian cyclist1927–2006
- Anselm, Duke of FriuliMedieval abbot720–803
- Anselmo SilvinoItalian weightlifterborn 1945
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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