Angelito
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning little angel; diminutive of Angel.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Angelito by the numbers
Angelito was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Angel
Like Angelito, each of these traces back to Angel: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Angelymessenger of god; a respelling of Angel with -ly suffix97 in the US (2017)
- Mariangelbitter grace angel; combination of María and Ángel18 in the US (2017)
- Angellangel; a form of Angela or Angel14 in the US (2017)
- Anguelmessenger; a form of Angel10 in the US (2017)
- Angelissemessenger or angel; an elaborated form of Angel9 in the US (2017)
- Angeleighmessenger; a spelling variant of Angelique or Angel8 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Angelito. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Angelito, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
- UrielGod is my light; angel name558 in the US (2017)
- RaphaelGod heals; angel name368 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Angelito
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