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Angelos

Gender
Boy
Say it
AHN-ge-los
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,747 for boys
US rank, 2025
#9,710 for boys

Angelos is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “messenger; angel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Angelos mean?

Greek

“messenger; angel”

The Greek word for 'messenger', which gave English the word angel.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Angelos a girl's or a boy's name?

Angelos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Angelos in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,747among boys
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Angelos, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys.

Half of all the boys named Angelos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20232025
Angelos in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20255#3,747
20246#3,335
20239#2,468
20227#2,922
20214#4,188
20207#2,819
20195#3,597
20186#3,162
20173#4,995
20160–
20153#4,955
20145#3,529
20137#2,792
20120–
20116#3,038
20107#2,775
20090–
20080–
20074#3,748
20060–
20053#3,992
20041#4,870
20030–
20025#2,358
20013#3,255
20000–
19994#2,513
19980–
19970–
19964#2,442

How popular is Angelos in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,710among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 240,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Angelos, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1996, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Angelos in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 11 in 19962025
Angelos in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#9,710
20240–
20238#8,916
20227#9,815
20216#10,794
20200–
20196#10,797
20186#10,754
20177#9,691
20160–
20155#12,080
20147#9,636
20136#10,722
20120–
20116#10,801
20109#8,133
20096#10,989
20085#12,546
20078#8,909
20066#10,655
20057#9,108
20040–
200310#6,708
20020–
20015#10,548
20007#8,202
19990–
19985#9,623
19970–
199611#5,180
19950–
19940–
19938#6,221
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19886#6,420
19870–
19860–
19855#6,517
19840–
19830–
19826#5,617
198110#3,856
19809#4,133
19790–
19787#4,552
19778#4,162
19767#4,416
19755#5,462
19740–
197310#3,221
197210#3,150
19715#4,905
19700–
19695#4,403
19685#4,135
19670–
19660–
19656#3,535
19640–
19635#4,047
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19215#4,320
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19155#3,824

Names like Angelos

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Angelos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/angelos, updated 20 October 2026.