Raoul

Where Raoul comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Raoul.

Raoul through the years
  1. 1877
    Raoul Dufy born
    French painter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #745 among boys, with 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1897
    Peak, #725
    9 babies named Raoul, its best rank.
  4. 1898
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1912
    Raoul Wallenberg born
    Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Raoul Wallenberg · Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and humanitarian, 1912–1947
  • Raoul Dufy · French painter, 1877–1953
  • Raoul Walsh · American film director and actor, 1887–1980
  • Raoul Bova · Italian actor, born 1971
  • Raoul Bellanova · Italian association football player, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.