Given name & surname
Deangelo
“a messenger from God”
Deangelo is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “a messenger from God.”
Original ItalianDe Angelo
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “a messenger from God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deangelo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,300
- 12,279 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 478 babies
- 2025
- 99
- #1,669 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 99 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,669 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 478 in 1990. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,489 as a first name in 2020; 4,562 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.
Deangelo’s family of names
In English usage, Deangelo has a related form in Angelo. In English usage, Deangelo has a related form in DANGELO. Deangelo has a related form in Diangelo.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Angelovariant · English
- Dangelovariant · English
- Diangelovariant
- Deangellolikely variant
- Deanjelovariant
- D'Anjelovariant
- De'Anjelovariant
- D'Angelovariant · English
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People named Deangelo
- DeAngelo HallAmerican football player (born 1983)
- DeAngelo WilliamsAmerican football player, running backborn 1983
- DeAngelo TysonAmerican football playerborn 1989
- DeAngelo MaloneAmerican football outside linebackerborn 1999
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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