Michelangelo
Michelangelo is a given name of Italian origin that evokes Michael the Archangel and is ultimately a combination of the Hebrew name Michael and the Italian name Angelo (messenger). The best known of that name is Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), the Tuscan sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Michelangelo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Michelangelo is a given name of Italian origin that evokes Michael the Archangel and is ultimately a combination of the Hebrew name Michael and the Italian name Angelo (messenger). The best known of that name is Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), the Tuscan sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Michelangelo
Michelangelo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1961, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2015, when 76 Michelangelos were born — ranking #1,909 that year. As of 2026, Michelangelo ranks #2,555 for baby boys with 53 births, holding steady (+3%). In total, more than 1K Michelangelos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Michelangelo
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- Michelangelo Anselmi (c. 1492 – c. 1554), Italian painter in Parma
- Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007), Italian film director and writer
- Michael Angelo Batio (born 1956), rock guitarist from Chicago
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Italian sculptor
- Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger (1568-1646), Florentine poet and playwright, his grandnephew
- Michelangelo Carducci (fl. 1560s), Italian painter active in Umbria
- Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), Italian lutanist and composer, younger brother of the astronomer
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily
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Names that sound like Michelangelo
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- Michaelangelo
- Violoncello
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About the name Michelangelo
Michelangelo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Michelangelo's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #1,909. Use the chart and map above to compare Michelangelo'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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