THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Raul
Raul is recorded as a male given name in Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Raúl.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Raúl.
a male given name from Spanish
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name from Spanish, an Anglicized form of Spanish Raúl.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Raul
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Raul Manglapus
Filipino politician (1918–1999)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Raul José Quimpo Martirez
Filipino Roman Catholic bishop (1938–2024)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
50
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
15
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Raul José Quimpo Martirez, Raul Manglapus
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Raul in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Raul
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Raúl♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Paul♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Rael♂Short form of Israel
- Ranul·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Raoul♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Raup·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Rae♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Raem·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Raul?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Raul
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Raul further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q13415699 — Raul (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Raul José Quimpo Martirez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q13415699 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Raul Manglapus (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q13415699 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Raul (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Raul (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.