Angelo

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: from the Italian male personal name Angelo, ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger, angel’

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ændʒəlow/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Angelo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country, where it is the 47th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 344(inferred from the name graph)
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.5K
  • CLChile≈1 in 1.6K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Italy (inferred from the name graph)

≈180,000 people, est.

Sources
394 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 344 (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the Italian male personal name Angelo, ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger, angel’

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

How Angelo is read(measured from records)

Angelo is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English40%

    from the Italian male personal name Angelo, ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger, angel’

    as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

  • Spanish18%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Angelo in Spanish.

  • Portuguese17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Angelo in Portuguese.

  • Italian13%

    Dal greco ángelos, 'messaggero'; nome di molti santi, tra cui l'apostolo venerato il 30 novembre.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

    do gr. ággelos, 'mensageiro'; patronímico de filiação

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

    Dal greco ángelos, "messaggero; angelo".

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Angelo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Angelo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IT Italy#47≈180,000 est.≈1 in 344666Angelo236
BR Brazil#26593,3111 in 2.3K93KAngelo187
PH Philippines#160≈74,000 est.≈1 in 1.5KlistedAngelo128
US United States—55,3601 in 6K55KAngelo394
FR France—≈11,000 est.≈1 in 6K13KAngelo6
CL Chile#347≈11,000 est.≈1 in 1.6K64Angelo112
EC Ecuador#5709,5571 in 1.8K9.6KAngelo48
BE Belgium#876≈5,400 est.≈1 in 2.2K15Angelo89

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); INEC — civil registry names; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Angelo is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name48 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Angeloe, Ângelo, Ángelo, An-Gelo, Angelo-E

  • French given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Philippines

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Angélo, Ângelo, Angèlo, Angel-O, Angéĺo

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Ãngelo, Ângelo, ́angelo, Ángelo

  • Indonesian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Italy

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written Ângelo, Ángelo, Angélo, Angéló

  • Croatian given name41 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Italy, Poland

    Languages: Croatian, Polish, Czech

    Also written Анджело, Andzhelo, Ангело, Ângelo, Andzelo

  • Swahili given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, South Africa, Italy

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Kinyarwanda

    Also written Ângelo, ́angelo

  • Thai given name39 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Philippines, Peru

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written แองเจิ้ล, Angelik, Dangelo, D'Angelo, Angle

  • Greek given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Greece, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Antzelo, Aggelo, Άντζελο, Άγγελο, Αντζελο

  • Danish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Sweden, Italy

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Ângelo

76 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Angelo is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • anjo; befor 1400

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

  • In Swedish, Angelo är en spansk och italiensk form av Angelus, se → Angela. Angelos är den ursprungliga grekiska formen.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

12001400160018002000Gregory XII, b. 1335Angelo Poliziano, b. 1454John XXIII, b. 1881Angelo Rizzoli, b. 1889Angelo Rossitto, b. 1908Dario Fo, b. 1926Angelo Badalamenti, b. 1937Giovanni Angelo Becciu, b. 1948J. B. Smoove, b. 1965Angelo Di Livio, b. 1966
  • Gregory XIIb. 1335ITnot in their usual namepope of the Catholic Church from 1406 to 1415
  • Angelo Polizianob. 1454ITItalian classical scholar and poet (1454-1494)
  • John XXIIIb. 1881ITnot in their usual namehead of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963
  • Angelo Rizzolib. 1889ITItalian film producer and publisher (1889–1970)
  • Angelo Rossittob. 1908USAmerican actor (1908-1991)
  • Dario Fob. 1926ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)
  • Angelo Badalamentib. 1937USAmerican composer (1937–2022)
  • Giovanni Angelo Becciub. 1948ITRoman Catholic archbishop and diplomat (born 1948)
  • J. B. Smooveb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Angelo Di Liviob. 1966ITItalian association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 127 sources across 64 countries.

Official registers attesting Angelo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202293K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—93K#338
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—79K#563
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202055K#839
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)202413K#340
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)20209.9K—
EC EcuadorINEC — civil registry names20249.6K#201
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20251.1K—
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)2024666#59
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—644#338
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020511#839
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)202473—

Reference works 11

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Is Angelo a male or female name?
Angelo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Angelo mean, and where does it come from?
from the Italian male personal name Angelo, ultimately from Greek angelos ‘messenger, angel’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
How do you pronounce Angelo?
A machine transcription gives /ændʒəlow/ (IPA) for English.
What are other forms of the name Angelo?
In the etymology graph, Angel, Ange and Ángel are forms of the same name in other languages; Angelino is a recorded short or pet form.
In which country does Angelo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 181 thousand people named Angelo in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled angelo.
How common is the name Angelo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 93,311 people named Angelo in 2022, about 1 in 2.3 thousand residents.
How common is Angelo compared with other names?
In Italy, Angelo is the 47th most common given name of 102,667 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Angelo” — the 47th most common given name in Italy. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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