Angelo

Where Angelo comes from

Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Angelo
  • Italian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #866 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1916
    Peak, #146
    864 babies named Angelo — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1936
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #268.
  4. 1941
    Angelo Scola born
    Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of Milan
  5. 1988
    Angelo Ogbonna born
    Italian footballer
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Angelo Scola · Cardinal of the Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of Milan, born 1941
  • Angelo Ogbonna · Italian footballer, born 1988
  • Angelo Peruzzi · Italian association football player, born 1970
  • Angelo Secchi · Italian astronomer, 1818–1878
  • Angelo Badalamenti · American composer, 1937–2022

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.