Armand

\aʁ.mɑ̃\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name, first recorded around 1188.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
First recordedabout 1188
Pronunciation\aʁ.mɑ̃\
Compound namesArmand-Albert, Jean-Armand

Origin and meaning

Cognate to English Herman and German Hermann, possibly also to German Hartmann.

Where it is mostly given

  • France
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland
  • Romania
  • Albania

Around the world

  • RussianАрман

In literature

« Je suis si favorisée dans mon métier de nourrice que je sèvrerai notre Armand en décembre. »
Honoré de Balzac, Mémoires de Deux Jeunes Mariées, 1842, chapitre XXXVIII

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