MEANING & HISTORY
What does Angelus mean?
Angelus comes from Latin and ultimately Greek angelos, messenger or angel. The dictionary distinguishes the personal name from the Angelus prayer, whose title comes from the opening Latin words.
These connected uses should not be merged into a claim that every Angelus was named after the prayer. Cebuano records the exact form as a male given name. Angelus and Angelo are related transmitted forms, while the Latin ending belongs to the name rather than adding a separate virtue or supernatural role.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a male given name
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EnglishEtymology & source
(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.
A male given name from Ancient Greek, of rare usage, variant of Angelo.
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
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Angelus in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Angelus
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Angel♀Messenger; associated with an angel
- Ángel♂Angel or messenger
- Angela♀Messenger; feminine form related to Angelus
- Ángela♀Feminine Angel-name form; messenger
- Angelia♀Elaborated form of Angela
- Angelo♂Angel; messenger
- Angelica♀Angelic; ultimately from Greek messenger
- Angelina♀Affectionate form of Angela; angel or messenger
What rhymes with Angelus?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Angelus further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Angelus (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Angelus (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.