Angelus

Where Angelus comes from

* (given name): From Latin Angelus and its etymon Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”). * (common noun): From the first word (angelus) of its Latin incipit, "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ": "the Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary". Doublet of angel.
— Wiktionary's entry for Angelus
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Angelus through the years
  1. 1999
    First appearance
    #9,912 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1999
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 2003
    Peak, #3,044
    31 babies named Angelus, the most in any year.
  4. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,767.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Angelo.
Namesakes

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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.