Raúl

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Ralph

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

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

Raúl 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 Raúl 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)

RaúlLatin(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)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Raul in AR Argentina, US United States, PE Peru and 3 more and 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)

a male given name, equivalent to English Ralph

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Raúl 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 Raúl 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)

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

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Raùl, Rául, Raul, Raûl, Raül

  • French given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Peru

    Languages: French, Catalan

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

  • Lao given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Peru

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Raul, Raùl, Raül, Räül, Ràùl

  • Romanian given name7 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Raul, Raül, Răul, Raùl

  • a separate given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, Peru

    Also written Raul, Raül, Raùl, Räül, R̶a̶u̶l̶

  • Hebrew given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Argentina, Romania, United States

    Also written ראול, Raul, Raoul, Raül

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Raul

  • Latvian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, Spain, United States, Estonia

    Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

    Also written Raul', Raul, Raül

29 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)

Raúl is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Spanish, Del francés Raoul, de Radulf: germánico rat 'consejo' + (w)ulf 'lobo'.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • Spanish form of RALPH .

    as a word

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. 1888Raúl Alfonsín, b. 1927Raúl Castro, b. 1931Raúl Juliá, b. 1940José Raúl Mulino, b. 1959Raúl González Blanco, b. 1977Raúl Arévalo, b. 1979Raúl Albiol, b. 1985Emiliano Sala, b. 1990Raúl Jiménez, b. 1991

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 Raúl,Hi Raúl, (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 30 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Raúl
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19651.7K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19561.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19551.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19661.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19621.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19641.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19571.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19541.6K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19591.5K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19611.5K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19581.5K—
CL ChileSRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)19671.5K—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Raúl mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Ralph Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Raúl?
In the etymology graph, Ralph, Ralf and Raoul are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Raúl?
A machine transcription gives /raul/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Raúl a male or female name?
Raúl 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.
In which country does Raúl have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 216 thousand people named Raúl in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raul.
How common is the name Raúl?
In Spain, the national register counted 142,040 people named Raúl, about 1 in 352 residents.
How common is Raúl compared with other names?
In Argentina, Raúl 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, “Raúl” — the 38th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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