The De Angeli Family Name

The spelling De Angeli grew out of De Angelis, an Italian surname with a long paper trail. It grew out of a personal name: “Of the family of Angelo”.

A variant of De Angelis

De Angeli drops the “s” of De Angelis, a simplification that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written D'Angelo and Angeli.

Heraldry and the De Angeli name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named De Angeli, so the heraldry linked to De Angelis is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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