Post by mark on Apr 27, 2018 20:37:17 GMT
Being Italian, I'm quite curious about JJD's surname. Actually, I have a similar surname, this is why I'm curious.
I'll post here what I know, and what I have found with a brief search.
DeAngelo is probably an american corruption, I think. Never heard this surname in Italy.
At this link
forebears.io/it/surnames/deangelo
you can find a clear map of the diffusion of the name. In Italy it's very, very rare, while in the USA it's much more widespread.
The original surname must have been D'Angelo, or De Angelis. These are the only ones that make sense that I can think of. There are many variations (Angelo, Angeli..., but most lack the prefix).
D'Angelo is italian in form.
De Angelis is latin in form.
They mean the same.
So, DeAngelo seem to be a composite form, part latin (De), part italian (Angelo).
Maybe it has an ancient origin, when latin and italian were both spoken. But, given the fact that in Italy the surname is nearly extinct/non-existent, it's more probable that it is a foreign corruption, imo.
Here
shop.x-finder.info/it/s-it-Deangelo?so=0
www.houseofnames.com/d-angelo-family-crest
www.surnamedb.com/Surname/De%20Angelis
they trace the origins back to the 11th-13th century, tell some history and give a couple of thesis about the meaning.
In English, it would be "Of Angel", perhaps meaning "Son of Angel", Angelo being a common first name.
Or, it was a nickname meaning "Angelic", "Messenger", "Of angelic appearence", and things along this line.
Anyway, they say the very first origin is greek ("Anghelus"), and maybe there's also an ethnic background to this, I mean someone says the first families with this surname were greek, or macedonian, and later came to Italy.
Lastly, this is a quote about immigration in the US:
"An examination into the immigration and passenger lists has discovered a number of people bearing the name D'angelo: Cristino Dangelis, who arrived in New York city from Naples on March 22; 1893 aboard the SS Alesia, Josef Angeli, who arrived in Baltimore in 1913; as well as Americo Angeli, who was naturalized in Illinois in 1902."
I also found this (in italian), where they talk about 4 different landings in Philadelphia of a "Antonio D'Angelo".
www.tuttogenealogia.it/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=3738&start=0&sid=643a2b2ffc2beb2be7c1aedb3a503222
I'll post here what I know, and what I have found with a brief search.
DeAngelo is probably an american corruption, I think. Never heard this surname in Italy.
At this link
forebears.io/it/surnames/deangelo
you can find a clear map of the diffusion of the name. In Italy it's very, very rare, while in the USA it's much more widespread.
The original surname must have been D'Angelo, or De Angelis. These are the only ones that make sense that I can think of. There are many variations (Angelo, Angeli..., but most lack the prefix).
D'Angelo is italian in form.
De Angelis is latin in form.
They mean the same.
So, DeAngelo seem to be a composite form, part latin (De), part italian (Angelo).
Maybe it has an ancient origin, when latin and italian were both spoken. But, given the fact that in Italy the surname is nearly extinct/non-existent, it's more probable that it is a foreign corruption, imo.
Here
shop.x-finder.info/it/s-it-Deangelo?so=0
www.houseofnames.com/d-angelo-family-crest
www.surnamedb.com/Surname/De%20Angelis
they trace the origins back to the 11th-13th century, tell some history and give a couple of thesis about the meaning.
In English, it would be "Of Angel", perhaps meaning "Son of Angel", Angelo being a common first name.
Or, it was a nickname meaning "Angelic", "Messenger", "Of angelic appearence", and things along this line.
Anyway, they say the very first origin is greek ("Anghelus"), and maybe there's also an ethnic background to this, I mean someone says the first families with this surname were greek, or macedonian, and later came to Italy.
Lastly, this is a quote about immigration in the US:
"An examination into the immigration and passenger lists has discovered a number of people bearing the name D'angelo: Cristino Dangelis, who arrived in New York city from Naples on March 22; 1893 aboard the SS Alesia, Josef Angeli, who arrived in Baltimore in 1913; as well as Americo Angeli, who was naturalized in Illinois in 1902."
I also found this (in italian), where they talk about 4 different landings in Philadelphia of a "Antonio D'Angelo".
www.tuttogenealogia.it/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=printview&t=3738&start=0&sid=643a2b2ffc2beb2be7c1aedb3a503222
