Angelo
Meaning of Angelo
Angelo drifts onto the birth certificate like a warm Mediterranean breeze, carrying centuries of starlit stories in its wings. Rooted in the Greek angelos—“messenger of God”—and lovingly rolled on Italian tongues as ahn-JE-loh, the name paints instant pictures of sun-splashed piazzas, ringing church bells, and Renaissance frescoes that almost flutter off the ceiling. In family lore, little Angelo is the bright courier who brings good news, yet parents soon discover that no actual halo is included in the layette—just plenty of charm and a knack for turning ordinary moments into small miracles. From Saint Angelo of Jerusalem to guitar legend Angelo Badalamenti, the name has sprinkled its silver dust across history, art, and music, proving that its bearer can trade celestial robes for soccer cleats or a jazz sax with effortless grace. Choosing Angelo, then, is like tucking a pocketful of light into a child’s future—an everyday reminder that, in life’s grand choir, even a single voice can sound positively angelic.
Pronunciation
Italian
- Pronunced as ahn-JE-loh (/anˈdʒɛlo/)
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Notable People Named Angelo
| Angelo Mathews is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain in all formats who retired from Tests in 2025, now plays limited overs, won the 2014 World T20, reached the 2011 World Cup and 2009 and 2012 World T20 finals, and shares the ODI ninth wicket partnership record with Lasith Malinga. |
| Angelo Caroselli was a Roman Baroque painter whose Caravaggio-influenced, eclectic work blended religious and genre scenes including witchcraft, noted for stark naturalism and chiaroscuro, and influencing Pietro Paolini and Dirck van Baburen. |
| Obinze Angelo Ogbonna is an Italian footballer who most recently played as a centre back for EFL Championship club Watford. |
| Angelo La Barbera was a powerful Sicilian Mafia figure who, with his brother Salvatore, led the Palermo Centro family, and Salvatore served on the first Sicilian Mafia Commission in 1958 as district head for Borgo Vecchio, Porta Nuova and Palermo Centro. |
| Angelo Anthony Cataldi Jr. is a retired Philadelphia sports radio icon who started at the Philadelphia Inquirer and hosted WIP’s morning show from 1989 to 2023, helping shape how the city talks about sports. |
| Angelo Heilprin was an American scientist and explorer. |
| Angelo Dundee was a legendary American boxing trainer and cornerman best known for guiding Muhammad Ali and other world champions such as Sugar Ray Leonard and George Foreman. |
| Angelo Taylor - Angelo F. Taylor is an American track and field star who won Olympic gold in the 400-meter hurdles in 2000 and 2008, owns a 47.25 hurdles best and a 44.05 400-meter best, and earned 400-meter bronze at the 2007 World Championships. |
| Angelo Bortolo Bertelli was an American quarterback who played in the All America Football Conference and won the 1943 Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame. |
| Angelo Bruno was a Sicilian American mob boss who led the Philadelphia crime family for two decades, known as the Docile Don for favoring conciliation, until his assassination. |
| Angelo Donghia was an American interior designer known for minimalist yet luxurious interiors, ventures in furniture textiles and licensing, and a lasting impact on late twentieth century home and corporate design. |
| Angelo Beolco, known as Ruzzante, was a Venetian actor and playwright from Padua famed for rustic dialect comedies depicting 16th century country life through the peasant Ruzzante. |
| Angelo Miguel Leo is an American boxer and two division world champion, holding the IBF featherweight title since August 2024 and the WBO junior featherweight title from 2020 to 2021. |
| Angelo Maria Angeli - Angelo Maria Angelo Flavio Comneno, from a family claiming descent from the Byzantine Angelos dynasty, served as Grand Master of the Constantinian Order of Saint George from 1634 to 1678 and styled himself Prince of Macedonia and Thessaly and Duke and Count of Drivasto and Durazzo. |
| Angelo Infanti, an Italian film actor born in Zagarolo in 1939, appeared in more than 90 films from 1961 to 2010 and died of cardiac arrest in Tivoli in 2010. |
