Anselmo

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Anselmo

Say it: an-SEL-moh

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Meaning

From Germanic ans 'god' and helm 'helmet, protection'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1930s

In the United States

2,688 babies given this name since 1907
At its height in 1932, about 1 in 30,700 boys
10 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Mexican Spanish

The family of the name

Italian	Anselmo
French	Anselme

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
Parish baptism registers
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.