Angelo

See also: angelo, anĝelo, and Ângelo

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Angello

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Angelo. Doublet of Angel.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.d͡ʒə.loʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.hə.loʊ/

Proper noun

Angelo (plural Angelos)

1. A male given name from Italian.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 63, column 2:

     I haue deliuerd to Lord Angelo / (A man of ſtricture and firme abſtinence) / My abſolute power, and place here in Vienna,

   • 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Pudd’nhead Wilson] Chapter V”, in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 74:

     Luigi — Angelo. They're lovely names; and so grand and foreign — not like Jones and Robinson and such.

2. A surname from Italian.

Derived terms

• San Angelo

Translations

male given name

• Catalan: Àngel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安傑洛／安杰洛 (Ānjiéluò)

• French: Ange (fr) m
• Galician: Anxo (gl) m
• German: Angelo
• Greek: Άγγελος (el) m (Ángelos)
• Italian: Angelo (it) m
• Portuguese: Ângelo (pt)
• Romanian: Anghel m
• Sicilian: Àncilu m, Àncila f
• Spanish: Ángel (es)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Angelo is the 4590^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7728 individuals. Angelo is most common among White (85.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Angelo”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 41.

Anagrams

• engaol, longæ

German

Proper noun

Angelo

1. a male given name from Italian Angelo

Related terms

• Angela, Angelika, Angelina

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Angelus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈan.d͡ʒe.lo/
• Rhymes: -andʒelo
• Hyphenation: Àn‧ge‧lo

Proper noun

Angelo m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Angel

Proper noun

Angelo m or f by sense

1. a surname transferred from the given name

Related terms

• Angela
• Michelangelo

Anagrams

• Galeno, gelano, golena, lagone, legano

Latin

Proper noun

Angelō

1. dative/ablative singular of Angelus