Raoul
About Raoul
Raoul, with its unique three-vowel middle, rolls off the tongue in an appealing way. Raoul is one of the French names that sounds infinitely more romantic and attractive than the somewhat harsh English version Ralph.
French painter Raoul Dufy is a worthy artistic namesake. Raul is the Spanish form.
Pronounced rah-OOL.
As of October 2026, Raoul ranked #13731 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #774 in 1897.
Editor's take: The name Raoul is a boy's name of French origin meaning "wolf-counsel".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Raoul on lists
Famous Raouls
- Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg
Swedish businessman who rescued thousands of Jews from the Holocaust
- Raoul Hausmann
Austrian Dadaist artist
- Raoul Peck
Haitian film director
- Raoul Owens
English racing driver
- Raoul Dufy
French painter
- Albert Edward "Raoul" Walsh
American actor and director
- Raoul Bott
Hungarian,American mathematician
- Raoul Louis Heertje
Dutch comedian
- Raoul de Godewaersvelde (born Francis Albert Victor Delbarre)
French singer
- Raoul Bova
Italian actor
- Raoul Lufbery
WWI American Flying Ace
Raoul in pop culture
- Raoul de Chagny
Christine's lover in The Phantom of the Opera
- Raoul Duke
pseudonym of Hunter Thompson in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- Raoul of Goldenlake
knight character in Tamora Pierce's Tortall novels
Variations & nicknames
- RaulSpanish