Meaning of the nameArmando

Male
Germanic origin
Ar-man-do

Armando is a male name of Germanic origin, the Portuguese form of Herman, an Old German name formed from 'army' and 'man'.

Meaning

“form of Herman, 'army man'”

Source: Behind the Name: Herman

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People (2022): 40,557
Rank in Brazil: #662
Median age: 58 years
2010 Census: 53,677; people

Armando in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Armando, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1960s (8,507 people).

127 women 40,430 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Armando is most common

States with the highest share of people named Armando in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Roraima 0.030%
Amazonas 0.026%
Pará 0.025%
Rio de Janeiro 0.025%
São Paulo 0.025%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	11,023	0.025%
Rio de Janeiro	4,014	0.025%
Minas Gerais	3,456	0.017%
Bahia	2,952	0.021%
Rio Grande do Sul	2,495	0.023%
Pernambuco	2,078	0.023%
Pará	2,065	0.025%
Paraná	1,981	0.017%
Santa Catarina	1,220	0.016%
Ceará	1,116	0.013%
Amazonas	1,013	0.026%
Maranhão	885	0.013%
Goiás	822	0.012%
Paraíba	704	0.018%
Mato Grosso	627	0.017%
Mato Grosso do Sul	584	0.021%
Espírito Santo	578	0.015%
Rio Grande do Norte	556	0.017%
Distrito Federal	465	0.017%
Piauí	458	0.014%
Rondônia	287	0.018%
Alagoas	275	0.009%
Sergipe	228	0.010%
Tocantins	197	0.013%
Roraima	188	0.030%
Amapá	150	0.020%
Acre	140	0.017%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Armando

Wiktionary records Armando in Portuguese as the equivalent of English Herman, and Behind the Name gives it as the Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Herman. Herman comes from Old German, from heri ('army') and man ('person, man'). This is the meaning of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 40,557 people named Armando, with a median age of 58. Proportionally, the name is most common in Roraima. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Harmando as a spelling variant.

Sources

Wiktionary: Armando · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Armando · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Herman · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Armando · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Armando

What does the name Armando mean?

Armando means “form of Herman, 'army man'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Armando in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 40,557 people with the first name Armando, which ranks it number 662 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1960s.

Is Armando a boy's or a girl's name?

Armando is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 127 women and 40,430 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Armando?

Armando is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Armando most common?

Proportionally, in Roraima: 0.030% of the state's population is named Armando (188 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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