Armando

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled ארמנדו in FR France, IL Israel.

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 14 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◐

Armando is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name639K records spelled Armando21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Armàndo, Àrmando, Ãřmäņďő, Ärmändö, Armándo

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Armando2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Peru

  Also written Armando'

• Albanian given name9.1K records spelled Armando11 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Âřmâňdö, Ârmáñdö, Áŕmánďő, Armandő, Armándò

• Lao given name7.0K records spelled Armando7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, United States, Thailand, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written อาร์มานโด, Armandö, Ärmändö, Ârmàndô, Ârmando

• Croatian given name6.7K records spelled Armando15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Czechia, Philippines

  Languages: Croatian, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Армандо, Armandó, Ârmando, Aрмандо, Ârmâñdô

68 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●

Armando 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 Spanish, Germánico: "hombre audaz" o "héroe del ejército"; de hard/man o Hariman.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, variante de Armano, via fr. Armand

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In French, Forme italienne et hispanique d’Armand, d’origine germanique; lié à la force et à la protection.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In German, männl. Vom., itaHenische und spanische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Conductor de huestes

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 123 years between 1901–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Armando Trovajolib. 1917ITItalian film composer and pianist (1917-2013)
• Armando Nannuzzib. 1925ITItalian cinematographer (1925–2001)
• Chick Coreab. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican jazz and fusion pianist, keyboardist, and composer (1941-2021)
• Armando Guebuzab. 1943MZ3rd President of Mozambique
• Diego Maradonab. 1960ARnot in their usual nameArgentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
• Armando Iannuccib. 1963GBScottish comedian, film director and producer
• Armando Gonçalves Teixeirab. 1976PTPortuguese football manager and former player
• Perez Hiltonb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and blogger
• Nayib Bukeleb. 1981SVnot in their usual namePresident of El Salvador since 2019
• Mr. 305b. 1981USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper (born 1981)

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 · 1,028 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Armando?

We estimate roughly 171 thousand people bear Armando (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Armando have the most bearers?

Armando is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled armando.

How common is Armando compared with other names?

In Mexico, Armando is the 56th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Armando a male or female name?

Armando 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 Armando mean?

Recorded meaning: gerund of armar