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“lamb”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Aniello is a masculine given name documented in Spanish and Italian. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it. It is a form of Agnello, for which English Wiktionary gives the meaning “lamb”.
2 source accounts
Meaning: “lamb”
Variant of Agnello, found in Campania, Sicily.
dal latino agnellus, agnello
02 / Across borders
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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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United States, 2024: 7 boys (rank 9894).
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03 / By the numbers
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1880–2025 Spelling: Aniello
Recorded category boys
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | 5 | 1,589 | observed |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | 9 | 1,746 | observed |
| 1913 | 7 | 2,273 | observed |
| 1914 | 8 | 2,457 | observed |
| 1915 | 17 | 1,707 | observed |
| 1916 | 22 | 1,505 | observed |
| 1917 | 16 | 1,900 | observed |
| 1918 | 12 | 2,398 | observed |
| 1919 | 17 | 1,882 | observed |
| 1920 | 13 | 2,336 | observed |
| 1921 | 9 | 2,986 | observed |
| 1922 | 16 | 2,040 | observed |
| 1923 | 19 | 1,816 | observed |
| 1924 | 15 | 2,132 | observed |
| 1925 | 14 | 2,193 | observed |
| 1926 | 15 | 2,074 | observed |
| 1927 | 14 | 2,193 | observed |
| 1928 | 13 | 2,270 | observed |
| 1929 | 10 | 2,589 | observed |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,592 | observed |
| 1931 | 10 | 2,471 | observed |
| 1932 | 10 | 2,465 | observed |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,004 | observed |
| 1934 | 8 | 2,742 | observed |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | 10 | 2,301 | observed |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,480 | observed |
| 1940 | 6 | 3,130 | observed |
| 1941 | 7 | 2,872 | observed |
| 1942 | 8 | 2,712 | observed |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,231 | observed |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,430 | observed |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,338 | observed |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,733 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 6 | 3,298 | observed |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | 5 | 3,714 | observed |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | 5 | 4,038 | observed |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,065 | observed |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,305 | observed |
| 1963 | 10 | 2,673 | observed |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,537 | observed |
| 1966 | 9 | 2,784 | observed |
| 1967 | 9 | 2,760 | observed |
| 1968 | 8 | 3,107 | observed |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,404 | observed |
| 1970 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1971 | 9 | 3,370 | observed |
| 1972 | 5 | 4,986 | observed |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,054 | observed |
| 1974 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1975 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1976 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1977 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,059 | observed |
| 1979 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,250 | observed |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,468 | observed |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,003 | observed |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,484 | observed |
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | 8 | 4,698 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 8 | 4,968 | observed |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,270 | observed |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 5 | 8,868 | observed |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | 8 | 6,843 | observed |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,055 | observed |
| 2003 | 7 | 8,643 | observed |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,472 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,367 | observed |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | 6 | 10,994 | observed |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,231 | observed |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,770 | observed |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | 5 | 12,108 | observed |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | 8 | 8,739 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 8 | 8,990 | observed |
| 2023 | 7 | 9,763 | observed |
| 2024 | 7 | 9,894 | observed |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Aniello” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Aniello— “angel”
…It is thus highly probable that Angelos was first bestowed as a surname, on account of the beauty of the family. They were on the throne in 1185, and Angelos continued imperial till the miserable end of the unhappy Isaac, and his son, Alexios, during the misdirected crusade of the Venetians. Angelos thus became known among the Greeks; and somewhere about 1217, there came a monastic saint, so called, to Sicily, who preached at Palermo, and was murdered by a wicked count,…
…It is thus highly probable that Angelos was first bestowed as a surname, on account of the beauty of the family. They were on the throne in 1185, and Angelos continued imperial till the miserable end of the unhappy Isaac, and his son, Alexios, during the misdirected crusade of the Venetians. Angelos thus became known among the Greeks; and somewhere about 1217, there came a monastic saint, so called, to Sicily, who preached at Palermo, and was murdered by a wicked count, whose evil doings he had rebuked. The Carmelites claimed St. Angelo as a saint of their order, and his name, both masculine and feminine, took hold of the fancy of Italy, varied by the Neapolitan dialect into Agnolo or Aniello—_e. g._, the wonderful fisherman, Masaniello, was, in fact, Tomasso Angelo; by the Venetian into Anziolo, Anzioleto, Anzioleta; and by the Florentine, into Angiolo, Angioletto, and thence into the ever-renowned contraction Giotto, unless indeed this be from Gotofredo. It passed to other nations, but was of more rare occurrence there, except in the feminine.…
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter III (Israelite Names), Section IX (Angelic Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Italian Baroque painter (1607–1656)
Italian (Neapolitan) fisherman and rebel of the 17th century
Recorded as a middle or baptismal name
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
