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Raymond

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Raymond
Saint Raymond of Spain
Pronunciation/ˈreɪmənd/
French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃]
GenderMale
Language(s)German
Origin
Word/nameGermanic
MeaningCounseling protector or Famous protector
Region of originNorthern Europe
Other names
Nickname(s)Ray
DerivedRamona

Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund[1] and Raimund,[2] whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Raginmund) or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Reginmund).[1] Ragin (Gothic) and regin (Old German) meant "counsel".[3] The Old High German mund originally meant "hand",[4] but came to mean "protection".[5] This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being Hraid, possibly meaning "fame" (compare Hrod, found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and mund meaning "protector".

Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Britain appeared in 1086, during the reign of William the Conqueror, in the Domesday Book, with a reference to Giraldus Reimundus.[6]

The most commonly used names for baby boys based on "Ragin" in 2009 were,[where?] in descending order, Raymond, Ramiro, Rayner, Rein, Reingard, Reynard, and Reynold.[7] Its many other variants include Raiment, Raimo, Raimond, Raimondi, Raimondo, Raimund, Raimundo, Ramon, Ramón, Ramond, Ramondelli, Ramondenc, Ramondi, Ramondini, Ramondino, Ramondo, Ramondou, Ramonenc, Ramonic, Ramundi, Rayment, Raymonenc, Raymonencq, Raymont, Raymund, Redmond, Redmonds, Reim, Reimund, Reinmund, Rémon, Rémond, Reimondo, Remondeau, Remondon, Rémont, Reymond, Rimondi, and Rimondini.[8]

Reception

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  • The name Raymond was prominently featured on the list of "popular" or "trending" names on the website What is the Meaning of Name (sometimes abbreviated as "WIMON"), [9] alongside other names such as Sandra, Callistus, Agathos, and Priyanka. In March 2023, it was the eighth most popular name on the site.
  • The name Raymond has generally favorable reviews. It has a user score of 79% on Behind the Name, based on 272 user responses, as of December 2024. [10]

Translations and variations

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  • Albanian: Rajmond
  • Ancient Germanic: Raginmund, Raimund
  • Arabic: ريمون (Rimun)
  • Basque: Erramun, Erramon
  • Belarusian: Райманд (Rajmand)
  • Bengali: রেমন্ড (Rēmanḍa)
  • Bulgarian: Реймонд (Rejmond)
  • Catalan: Ramon, Raimon
  • Chinese Simplified: 雷蒙德
  • Chinese Traditional: 雷蒙德
  • Croatian: Rajmund
  • Czech: Rajmund
  • Danish: Ramund
  • Dutch: Remon, Ramone, Raemon, Raemonn, Ramond, Ramonte, Remone
  • English: Raymund, Raymond, Ray, Raymon, Rayman, Raymann, Raymen, Raymone, Raymun, Raemonn, Redmond, Radmond, Radmund, Reddin, Redmund, Reimond, Reymon, Reymound, Reymund, Raimond, Raimonds
  • Estonian: Raimund, Raimond
  • Finnish: Raimo, Reima
  • French: Raymond, Raymonde (feminine), Reimonde
  • German: Raimund, Reimund
  • Greek: Ραϋμόνδος (Raf̱̈móndos, Raÿmóndos), also Ρεμούνδος (Remoúndos)
  • Gujarati: રેમન્ડ (Rēmanḍa)
  • Hebrew: ריימונד
  • Hindi: रेमंड (Rēmaṇḍa)
  • Hungarian: Ramón, Rajmund
  • Indonesian: Raimundus, Raymond, Remon
  • Irish: Réamann, Radmond, Redmond, Redmund, Reamonn, Ré
  • Italian: Raimondo, Raimondi, Raymondo, Reimondo, Reimundo
  • Japanese: レイモンド (Reimondo), レーモンド (Rēmondo)
  • Kannada: ರೇಮಂಡ್ (Rēmaṇḍ)
  • Marathi: रेमंड (Rēmaṇḍ)
  • Korean: 레이몬드 (Reimondeu)
  • Latin: Raimundus
  • Latvian: Raimonds
  • Limburgish: Remao, Mao
  • Lithuanian: Raimundas, Raimondas
  • Macedonian: Рејмонд (Rejmond)
  • Nepali: रेमंड (Rēmaṇḍa)
  • Norwegian: Rådmund, Råmund
  • Old Norse: Ráðmundr, Rámundr
  • Persian: ریموند
  • Polish: Rajmund
  • Portuguese: Raimundo
  • Punjabi: ਰੇਮੰਡ (Rēmaḍa)
  • Romanian: Reimond
  • Russian: Раймонд (Raymond)
  • Scots: Raymond, Raymie, Ray
  • Scottish Gaelic: Reamonn
  • Serbian: Рејмонд (Rejmond)
  • Slovene: Rajmund
  • Spanish: Raymond, Raimundo, Raymundo, Raemondo, Raimondo, Raimando, Raimundo, Raimond, Raymondo, Reymundo, Reimundo, Mundo, Mando, Raimon, Raiman, Ramón
  • Swedish: Ramunder
  • Tagalog: Ramón, Raymundo
  • Bisaya: Rimond
  • Tamil: ரேமண்ட் (Rēmaṇṭ)
  • Telugu: రేమండ్ (Rēmaṇḍ)
  • Thai: เรย์มอนด์ (Rey̒ mxn d̒)
  • Ukrainian: Раймонд (Raymond)
  • Urdu: ریمنڈ
  • Welsh: Raimwnt
  • Yiddish: רייַמאָנד (Ryyamʼánd)
  • Yoruba: Remondi

Given name

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People

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Pre-modern era

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Aristocracy
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Saints
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  • Raymond of Penyafort (c. 1175–1275), medieval Catalan canon lawyer; patron of canon lawyers and of all lawyers in Spain
  • Raymond Nonnatus (1204–1240), Catalan ransomer of hostages; patron of pregnancy, childbirth, childbirth-related professions, of the falsely accused, and of the seal of the confessional
  • Raymond of Fitero (died 1163), founder of the military order of the Knights of Calatrava
Chroniclers
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Modern world

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Artists and entertainers
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Politicians and activists
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Religious figures
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Scientists
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Sportspeople
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Other
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  • Raymond Clare Nowland, Australian architect
  • Raymond Bernard (1923–2006), French esotericist
  • Raymond Bessone (1911–1992), British hairdresser known as "Mr Teasy-Weasy"
  • Raymond Blanc (born 1949), French chef
  • Raymond S. Brandes (1924–2014), American archeologist and historian
  • Raymond Chien (born 1952), president of MTR and chairman of Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong
  • Ray Honeyford (1934–2012), English headmaster and writer
  • Raymond Kelly (born 1941), Commissioner of the New York Police Department
  • Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American author, inventor, and futurist
  • Raymond Lisle (1910–1994), American attorney, officer in the US Foreign Service, and Dean of Brooklyn Law School
  • Raymond Loewy (1893–1986), French-born American industrial designer
  • Raymond McCreesh, Irish republican hunger striker who died in 1981
  • Raymond Murray (1913–2004), US Marine Corps officer
  • Raymond Washington (1953–1979), American gangster, founder of the Crips street gang
  • Raymond Williams (1921–1988), Welsh academic, novelist and critic
  • Raymond Mayer (year unknown), Spanish psychologist, lawyer, and teacher known as "Mr Ray" or "Mr Ray-Ray"

Fictional characters

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Performance characters

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Surname

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People

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Fictional characters

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Raymond". Behind the Name. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper. "raymond". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. ^ von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1855). Reynard the Fox. Translated by Thomas James Arnold. p. xiv.
  4. ^ Winfred Philipp Lehmann (1986). A Gothic Etymological Dictionary. BRILL. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-08176-3.
  5. ^ Jan Gonda (1975). Selected Studies: Indo-European Linguistics. BRILL. p. 197. ISBN 90-04-04228-8.
  6. ^ "Surname Database: Raymond Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Ragin Names for Boys at Baby Names Pedia". www.babynamespedia.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  8. ^ "UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SERVICE NO LONGER AVAILABLE - University of Essex". privatewww.essex.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Raymond: What is the Meaning of Raymond". March 29, 2023.
  10. ^ "Ratings and Impressions for the name Raymond". Behind the Name. December 15, 2024.
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