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
Along the way
  1. 1999
    First appearance
    #9,912 among boys, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2003
    Peak, #3,044
    31 babies named Angelus — more than any year before or since.
  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.