Armando
Armando was the 556th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 538 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 205th with 1,512 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 140 places. More babies were named Armando in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning army man, warrior (Germanic, via French Armand) · Germanic, French, Spanish
Say it ar-MAHN-doh /ɑrˈmɑndoʊ/
- Rank in 2025
- #556 boys, down 54 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 538boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19971,512 babies
- Total since 1880
- 76,887babies recorded
What does the name Armando mean?
Armando is the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of French Armand, which Wiktionary treats as the same name as English Herman and German Hermann. Those come from Germanic heri, army, plus man, man: DMNES glosses Herman as "host, army" plus "man," and Wiktionary notes the matching old common noun meaning warrior. Wiktionary adds that Armand may also be related to German Hartmann.
*harjaz (Proto-Germanic, “army”)*mann- (Proto-Germanic, “man”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary links Armand to Herman/Hermann and possibly also to Hartmann.
Related names: Armand, Herman, Hermann, Ermanno, Mando.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean warrior.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Armando' (Italian section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Hermann' (German section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Herman', DMNES (Durham University)
Nicknames for Armando
The usual nicknames for Armando are Mando.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Boys, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mando | Traditional | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are boys given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Armandos go by each one.
Armando popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 372 since 1935.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #556 | 538 |
| 2020 | #502 | 580 |
| 2010 | #326 | 959 |
| 2000 | #237 | 1,443 |
| 1990 | #229 | 1,288 |
| 1980 | #222 | 1,090 |
| 1970 | #287 | 730 |
| 1960 | #316 | 610 |
| 1950 | #309 | 487 |
| 1940 | #418 | 193 |
| 1930 | #342 | 268 |
| 1920 | #478 | 162 |
| 1910 | #678 | 19 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Armando, counting every spelling?
Armando has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #553 for boys in 2025, against #556 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Armando?
538 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Armando (0.15 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Armando born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 16 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Armando.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Armando?
About 64,700 people born in the US named Armando are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 21 and 49. That makes Armando mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Armando by state
How common Armando was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (4.6×), Arizona (2.6×), Texas (2.6×), California (2.4×), Nevada (1.7×). In 22 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Armando: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Armando, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Armando · Sibling names for Armando
Questions about the name Armando
What does Armando mean?
Armando means “army man, warrior (Germanic, via French Armand)” (Germanic, French, Spanish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Armando?
Armando was the 556th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 538 babies. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked 205th with 1,512 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 140 places. More babies were named Armando in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Armando a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Armando in the US.
Where is Armando most popular?
In 2021–2025, Armando was most common in New Mexico (1.40 per 1,000 boys), followed by Arizona and Texas.