Armand

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Arman in BD Bangladesh, IN India, PH Philippines and 12 more, Арман in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, UA Ukraine and 2 more and Არმან in GE Georgia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Armand is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name157K records spelled Armand9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Armánd, Ármánd

• Albanian given name11K records spelled Armand7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Àrmàñd, Àrmånd, Armànd, Ârmàñd, Ăřmăňd

• a separate given name6.0K records spelled Armand2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Morocco

  Also written Armànd

• Norwegian Bokmål given name2.0K records spelled Armand6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Denmark, Netherlands

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian, Danish

  Also written Ãrmãnd

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Armand is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Germanic Hermann/Armin type roots, often interpreted as 'army man' or 'soldier'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• From Germanic. See Hermann in German supplement.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In French, du nom germanique Hariman, de hari « armée » et man « homme »

  as a name·Dictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

• In French, D’origine germanique, de hari/man «armée, homme». Fêté le 23 décembre (saint Armand).

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Romanian, < it. Armando. 1. - m. comis, 1628 (AO VII 298). 2. Prin canal ngr. Ramandi, Al., 1664, 1706 (Sd XI 258; Rae 20). 3. Cont. cu Ramadan : Ramandani, fam., ar. (Cara 34). Filitti identifica pe N. Ramadan (Ramantanis) de la Patriarhia din rig. §i si : si si si Inaljime", si C-pole 1646 cu Ramandi zis Ramadan comis munt. 1628, trecut apoi In Moldova (Fil C 289).

  as a name·Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 144 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hippolyte Fizeaub. 1819FRnot in their usual nameFrench physicist (1819–1896)
• Armand Fallièresb. 1841FR9th president of France (1841–1931)
• Armand Guillauminb. 1841FRFrench painter (1841-1927)
• André Vingt-Troisb. 1942FRnot in their usual nameFrench Catholic cardinal (1942–2025)
• Armand Assanteb. 1949USAmerican actor
• Armand van Heldenb. 1970USAmerican musician, DJ, record producer and composer
• Salomon Kaloub. 1985CInot in their usual nameIvorian association football player
• Armie Hammerb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1986)
• Alexandre Lacazetteb. 1991FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1991)
• Armand Duplantisb. 1999USSwedish-American pole vaulter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 664 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Armand?

We estimate roughly 110 thousand people bear Armand (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Armand have the most bearers?

Armand is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled арман.

How common is Armand compared with other names?

In Russia, Armand is the 320th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Armand a male or female name?

Armand is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Armand mean?

Recorded meaning: likely from French, ultimately a Germanic name with the stem *erman- 'whole, strong' or related to got.