Angelo
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger".
Meaning & Origin of Angelo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger".
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The Story of Angelo
Angelo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1881, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 1,338 Angelos were born — ranking #259 that year. As of 2026, Angelo ranks #282 for baby boys with 1,180 births, gradually rising (+10%). In total, more than 87K Angelos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Angelo
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- Angelo Abenante (1927–2024), Italian trade unionist and politician
- Angelo Accardi , Italian visual artist
- Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church
- Angelo Acciaioli , multiple people
- Angelo Acerbi (born 1925), Catholic Cardinal
- Angelo Achini or Angiolo Achini (1850–1930), Italian painter
- Angelo Acosta (born 2001), Filipino rapper
- Angelo Agostini (1843–1910), illustrator, journalist and founder of several publications, and although born in Italy, is considered the first Brazilian cartoonist
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Names that sound like Angelo
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About the name Angelo
Angelo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 87K births in the dataset. Angelo's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #146. Use the chart and map above to compare Angelo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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