Angelus
A unisex name of Latin origin, meaning angel, messenger.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Angelus by the numbers
Angelus was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Angelus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Angelus
Names that are said the same way as Angelus, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Angelisemessenger; a form of Angelica or Angeline23 in the US (2017)
- Angelysangel, messenger; a modern spelling of Angelis12 in the US (2017)
- Angelissemessenger or angel; an elaborated form of Angel9 in the US (2017)
- Angelosmessenger or angel5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Angelysemessenger; a form of Angela5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a messenger
Like Angelus, each of these has a messenger in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Malachimy messenger or my king2,514 in the US (2017)
- Angelinaangel; messenger; feminine form of Angelo1,550 in the US (2017)
- Angelamessenger, angel1,344 in the US (2017)
- Angelomessenger or angel; from angelos1,020 in the US (2017)
- Malakaimy messenger; variant of Malachi804 in the US (2017)
- Deaconmessenger; from diakonos575 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Angelus
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