Raoul

\ʁa.ul\♂French boy's name

A French boy's name of Old High German origin.

At a glance

GenderMasculine
OriginOld High German
Pronunciation\ʁa.ul\

Origin and meaning

From Germanic, first attested in Old French as Raol.

Where it is mostly given

  • Italy
  • France
  • Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Switzerland

Around the world

  • GermanRalf
  • EnglishRalph
  • CatalanRaül
  • SpanishRaúl
  • ItalianRodolfo
  • OccitanRaols
  • PolishRaul

In literature

« – Arsène Lupin ou Raoul d’Andrésy, qu’importe ! L’essentiel, c’est de réussir. »
Maurice Leblanc, La Comtesse de Cagliostro, 1924

Source: Wiktionnaire (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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