Raul
Sign in to saveRaul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French Raoul, and is derived from Old English Rædwulf through Radulf. The name is usually spelled "Raul" in Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian; "Raúl" in Spanish; and "Raül" or "Raüll" in Catalan.
Key facts
- Given Name Revised.name
- Raul
- Given Name Revised.gender
- Male
- Given Name Revised.region
- Iberia, Latin America, other Lusofonia Portuguese, and Spanish-speaking areas, Caucasus
- Given Name Revised.origin
- Latin adaptation of Ralph.
- Given Name Revised.related names
- Raoul, Ralph, Rudolph.
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Raul, Raúl, Raül, and Raüll are forms of a common first name in Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan. The name is cognate of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph and the French Raoul, and is derived from Old English Rædwulf through Radulf. The name is usually spelled "Raul" in Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian; "Raúl" in Spanish; and "Raül" or "Raüll" in Catalan.
Raul is also a popular but unrelated masculine name in Azerbaijani and Abkhaz. It is thought of to be a local variation of Rahullah or Ruhullah, meaning "God is kind" and "spirit of God" in Arabic, respectively.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Raul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.