Raul (first name)

Raul is a male given name that can be found in various languages.

Origin and meaning

Raul is the very polished form of Radolf or Radulf in the meaning of 'Rat' and 'Wolf' (corresponds to German Ralf or Ralph ). It comes into the Romance languages via the old French Raoul .

variants

Notations are:

• spanish Raúl
• Portuguese Raul
• Catalan Raül
• Estonian Raul (compare Finnish Rauli )

name day

For the Romance variants:

• December 30, Saint Raoul († 1152), engl. Missionary in France, disciple of Bernard of Clairvaux, founder of the Abbaye de Vaucelles

Otherwise also:

• June 21, Saint Radulf († 866)

Name bearer (all forms of writing)

stage name

• Raúl (soccer player) ( Raúl González Blanco ; * 1977), Spanish soccer player
• Raúl (singer) ( Raúl Fuentes Cuenca ; * 1975), Spanish pop singer

Other

• Raúl Alarcón (* 1986), Spanish cyclist
• Raúl Albiol (* 1985), Spanish football player
• Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009), Argentine politician
• Raúl Alonso (* 1979), Spanish handball coach
• Raúl Anguiano (1915-2006), Mexican mural painter
• Raúl Arellano (1935–1997), Mexican soccer player
• Raul Arnemann (* 1953), Estonian rower
• Raúl Banfi (1914–1982), Uruguayan football player
• Raúl Barboza (* 1938), Argentinian accordionist
• Raúl Bernao (1941-2007), Argentinian football player
• Raúl Bobadilla (* 1987), Argentinian football player
• Raul de Mesquita Boesel (* 1957), Brazilian racing car driver
• Raúl Borges (1882–1967), Venezuelan composer and guitarist
• Raul Germano Brandão (1867–1930), Portuguese writer
• Raúl Bravo (* 1981), Spanish football player
• Raúl Cabanas (* 1986), Swiss-Spanish soccer player
• Raul Donazar Calvet (1934-2008), Brazilian soccer player
• Raul Cançado (* 1981), Brazilian road cyclist
• Raúl Cárdenas (1928–2016), Mexican football player and coach
• Raúl Castro (* 1931), Cuban head of state and government
• Raul Hector Castro (1916–2015), American politician, Governor of Arizona
• Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (* 1967), Peruvian clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Arequipa
• Raúl Córdoba (1924-2017), Mexican football goalkeeper
• Raúl Cubas Grau (* 1943), Paraguayan politician
• Raúl Damonte Botana , stage name Copi (1939–1987), Argentinian comic artist
• Raul Domingos (20th century), Mozambican politician
• Raúl Díaz Arce (* 1970), Salvadoran football player
• Raúl Entrerríos (* 1981), Spanish handball player
• Raúl Hugo Espoile (1889–1958), Argentine composer
• Raúl Estrada (~ 1910–2007), Mexican football goalkeeper
• Raúl García ( Raúl García Escudero ; * 1986), Spanish cyclist
• Raul Geisler (* 1970), German composer and music producer
• Raúl Gómez (* 1950), Mexican football player
• Raúl González (athlete) (* 1952), Mexican walker
• Raúl González Tuñón (1905–1974), Argentine journalist and writer
• Raul M. Gonzalez (1930-2014), Filipino politician
• Raúl Granjel (* 1987), Cuban road cyclist
• Raúl Guerrón (* 1976), Ecuadorian football player
• Raul Hilberg (1926–2007), Austrian-American historian
• Raúl Jaurena (* 1941), Uruguayan musician and composer
• Raúl Juliá (1940–1994), American actor
• Raul Krauthausen (* 1980), German activist
• Raúl Alberto Lastiri (1915–1978), Argentine politician
• Raul Leal (1886–1964), Portuguese writer
• Raúl Leoni (1905–1972), Venezuelan politician
• Raül López i Molist (* 1980), Spanish-Catalan basketball player
• Raúl Lozano (* 1956), Argentinian volleyball coach
• Raul Mälk (* 1952), Estonian diplomat
• Raúl Martínez Alemán (* 1971), Cuban wrestler
• Raul Meireles (* 1983), Portuguese football player
• Raul Midón (* 1966), American singer-songwriter
• Raúl Montenegro (* 1949), Argentine biologist
• Raul Must (* 1987), Estonian badminton player
• Raul Bragança Neto (1946–2014), Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Raul Olle (* 1968), Estonian cross-country skier
• Raul Planas (1925-2001), Cuban singer
• Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986), Argentine development economist
• Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1919–2006), Argentine Archbishop
• Raul Rekow (1954–2015), American rock musician and percussionist
• Raúl Rettig (1909–2000), Chilean politician
• Raúl Reyes (1948–2008), Colombian FARC representative
• Raúl Richter (* 1987), German actor and voice actor
• Raúl Rivero (* 1945), Cuban poet, journalist and dissident
• Raúl Rojas (* 1955), Mexican computer scientist
• Raül Romeva i Rueda (* 1971), Spanish political scientist and politician
• Raúl Ruidíaz (* 1990), Peruvian football player
• Raúl Ruiz (1941–2011), Chilean-French film director and screenwriter
• Raul Rusescu (* 1988), Romanian football player
• Raul Seixas (1945–1989), Brazilian musician
• Raúl Sendic (1925–1989), Uruguayan guerrilla leader and politician
  • his eldest son Raúl Fernando Sendic (* 1962), Uruguayan politician
• Raúl Servín (* 1963), Mexican football player and coach
• Raúl Silva Henríquez (1907–1999), Chilean Archbishop
• Raul de Souza , actually João José Pereira De Souza (* 1934), Brazilian jazz musician
• Raúl Spank (* 1988), German high jumper
• Raul Augusto de Almeida Solnado (1929–2009), Portuguese comedian
• Raúl Tamudo (* 1977), Spanish football player
• Raúl de Tomás (* 1994), Spanish football player
• Raúl Turano (* 1978), Argentine cyclist
• Raúl Vallejo (* 1959), Ecuadorian writer and politician
• Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga (* 1934), Ecuadorian Archbishop
• Raul Yusupov , Georg. Raul Usupowi (1980–2005), Georgian ministerial employee

literature

• Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Raul . In: Duden - The great first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Bibliographer. Institut AG, Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 (also Duden - Lexicon of first names . 5th edition. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-04945-5 .).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kate Monk: Finland (Suomi). (No longer available online.) In: Onomastikon. metaplanes.net, January 1997, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 1, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.