Raul

given name · Latin script

Meaning: From Norman French. See(Ralph in main dictionary

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɾaul/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Raul is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 38th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 210(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 303
  • ESSpain1 in 352

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Raul itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (inferred from the name graph)

≈220,000 people, est.

#101 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
511 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 210 (inferred from the name graph)

Argentina, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RaulLatin(measured from records)
РаульCyrillic(measured from records)
রাহুলBengali(measured from records)
ราหุลThai(measured from records)
რაულGeorgian(measured from records)
라울Hangul(measured from records)
ରାହୁଲOdia(measured from records)
ΡαουλGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Rahul in BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Norman French. See(Ralph in main dictionary.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Raul counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Raul is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina#38≈220,000 est.≈1 in 210197Raul165
ES Spain#42142,0401 in 352142KRaul256
US United States#337131,5471 in 2.5K131KRaul511
BD Bangladesh#243≈110,000 est.≈1 in 1.5KlistedRahul75
PE Peru#31≈110,000 est.≈1 in 303—Raul137
CL Chile#60≈34,000 est.≈1 in 54270Raul155
SV El Salvador#97≈17,000 est.≈1 in 374—Raul76

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Raul is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Peru

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Raúl, Raùl, Raül, Raul', Rául

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Raùl, Rául, Raûl, Raúl, Raül

  • Vietnamese given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Vietnam, Peru

    Languages: Vietnamese, Khmer

    Also written Raúl, Raül

  • Turkish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek

    Also written Raúl, Raül, Rąùl

  • Lao given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Raúl, Raùl, Raül, Räül, Ràùl

  • Romanian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, Spain, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written Raúl, Raül, Răul, Raùl

  • Sinhala given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Ecuador

    Also written Raúl

  • a separate given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Peru

    Also written Raúl, Raül, Raùl, Räül, R̶a̶u̶l̶

62 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Raul is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Portuguese, a male given name from French, equivalent to English Ralph

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, do nome germ. Radwulf; patronímico, por influência do fr. Raoul

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • In Italian, Nome esotico introdotto in Italia; corrisponde a Rodolfo.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

  • In German, männl. Vom., italienische Form von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • Come un lupo in assemblea

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000José Raúl Capablanca, b. 1888Raul Hilberg, b. 1926Raúl Alfonsín, b. 1927Raúl Castro, b. 1931José Raúl Mulino, b. 1959Raúl González Blanco, b. 1977Raul Meireles, b. 1983Raúl Albiol, b. 1985Raúl Jiménez, b. 1991Shawn Mendes, b. 1998

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHola Raul,Hi Raul, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 106 sources across 52 countries.

Official registers attesting Raul
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—142K#59
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—142K#33
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020131K#430
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025440—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020250#430
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present)2024141#630

Reference works 6

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Raul mean, and where does it come from?
From Norman French. See(Ralph in main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
What are other forms of the name Raul?
In the etymology graph, Ralph, Ralf and Raoul are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Raul have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 216 thousand people named Raul in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raul.
Is Raul a male or female name?
Raul is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How do you pronounce Raul?
A machine transcription gives /ɾaul/ (IPA) for Spanish.
How common is the name Raul?
In Spain, the national register counted 142,040 people named Raul, about 1 in 352 residents.
How common is Raul compared with other names?
In Argentina, Raul is the 38th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Raul” — the 38th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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