Armond
Masculine · “Army man”
Armond is Armand written the way an American clerk heard it, and Armand is French for a Germanic compound meaning something like brave soldier. Its American peak is remarkably early — the 1880s — which puts it with the Victorian taste for French names rather than with any later fashion.
How old is the name Armond?
Armond first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Armond alive today was born around 1963, making them about 62 years old. About 2,600 people named Armond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Armond most popular?
Armond peaked in 1887, reaching #679 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 4,529 places below that high. See the whole 1887 chart.
Where it comes from
From Hariman to Armond
The story of Armond
Hariman was a common Frankish name and became Hermann in German and Armand in French, where it was ordinary from the Middle Ages. Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis — Richelieu — carried it at the height of French power, and the younger Armand of Dumas's La Dame aux Camélias made it a romantic name in the nineteenth century, which is when English-speaking countries took it up. Armond appears in American records from the 1880s and peaks almost immediately, in the same generation that used Alphonse, Adolph and Emile. It has run at a low level ever since, and is used in African American families as well as in French-descended ones.
Meaning
Army man, bold soldier
From the Germanic name Hariman or Hermann, from hari, army, and man, man. Old French turned it into Armant and Armand. The reading is standard. The -ond spelling is an American variant of the French -and, which is silent at the end in French anyway.
How the name formed
- Hariman
- Armant
- Armand
- Armond
Related forms: Armand · Hermann · Armando · Armando · Armand
Pronouncing Armond
ar-MOND
Two syllables, stress on the second, with the final d pronounced. French Armand ends in a nasal vowel with no d sound at all, which is the main difference between the two spellings.
Nicknames for Armond
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1887
- Most boys named
- 200069 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #679reached in 1887
- Change vs 2023
- −5.3%18 in 2025, from 19
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Armond in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Armand in French — spelling variant
- Hermann in German — related form
- Armando in Italian — related form
- Armando in Spanish — related form
- Armand in Romanian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia.
Armonds among us
people named Armond are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Armond
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Armond sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Armond beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Armond in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Germanic meaning is settled and straightforward.
- It reads as French without requiring a French pronunciation.
- Armando and Hermann give related forms in several languages.
- Armand is the standard spelling and will be written for it.
- The name is strongly associated with the nineteenth century in American ears.
- Armond, Armand, Armondo and Armando are easily confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Armonds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Armond are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Armond in 2025?
- Armond ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Armond?
- About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Armond — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Armond with classmates?
- Armond will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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