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Raymond
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English
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Etymology
From en fro Raimund, from en frk *Raginmund, from en gem-pro *Raginamunduz, composed of gem-pro *raginą advice *mundō protection 1. Compare the first element in en Reginald, en Reynold, en Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates en Edmund, en Sigmund, en Osmond.
Pronunciation
rā′mənd, en /ˈɹeɪ.mənd/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Raymond.wav Southern England
Proper noun
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en male Germanic languages.
1886 Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Belgravia Magazine. Item notes:V.60.(July-Oct.1886) page 94:
An uncle of mine whose name was Cecil Jeffery Courtenay obtained a post of great emolument simply by virtue of his 'pretty' name. Mine, I think, is quite as effective, though it depends upon but one Christian name, Raymond. I am Raymond Courtenay.
en 1933 w:Eleanor Farjeon Over the Garden Wall Faber and Faber 90 Boys' Names What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon,
en 2006 Janette McCarthy Hanging on a String 0758215819 141 I thought the name Raymond sounded respectable. Good name for a lawyer.
en Ralph Ellis and Melanie Schuman Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/24/health/sackler-lawsuit 2019-03-24 A spokesperson for the families of Drs. Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, the late founders of the company, issued this statement: https://web.archive.org/web/20260429045323/https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/24/health/sackler-lawsuit 29 April 2026
en patronymics.
en number of places c/USA:
en ucomm co/Madera County s/California.
en village/and/twp co/Montgomery County s/Illinois.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Springfield co/Franklin County s/Indiana.
en minor city co/Black Hawk County s/Iowa.
en minor city co/Rice County s/Kansas.
en town co/Cumberland County s/Maine.
en ghost town twp:Suf/Eveline co/Charlevoix County s/Michigan.
en minor city co/Kandiyohi County s/Minnesota.
en A <<city>> in <<s/Mississippi>>, and one of the two <<county seat>>s of <<co/Hinds County>>.
en ucomm co/Sheridan County s/Montana.
en village co/Lancaster County s/Nebraska.
en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Raymond, New Hampshire
en locality town:pref/Lockport co/Niagara County s/New York.
en CDP twp:Suf/Liberty co/Union County s/Ohio.
en small town co/Clark County s/South Dakota.
en city co/Pacific County s/Washington.
en village/and/ucomm therein, in co/Racine County s/Wisconsin.
en A number of other <<townships>>, listed under Raymond Township.
A number of places elsewhere:
en A <<town>> in the <<co:Pref/Warner>> No. 5, <<p/Alberta>>, <<c/Canada>>.
en community twp:suf/Muskoka Lakes distmun/Muskoka p/Ontario c/Canada.
en village dept/Sud c/Haiti.
en commune in dept/Cher r/Centre-Val de Loire c/France.
Derived terms
en Raymondian Raymond Island Raymond Terrace Ray Raymond-Céstan syndrome Raymondville
Related terms
pet form: en Ray
feminine form: en Ramona
Translations
male given name
Armenian: hy Ռայմոնդ
Basque: eu Erramon
Bengali: bn রেমন্ড
Bulgarian: bg Ре́ймънд m
Catalan: ca Ramon m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 雷蒙德 Léiméngdé
Esperanto: eo Rajmundo
Estonian: et Raimond
Finnish: fi Raimo
French: fr Raymond
Galician: gl Ramón m
Georgian: ka რეიმონდი
German: de Raimund
Greek: el Ραϋμόνδος m
Indonesian: id Raimundus
Japanese: ja レイモンド Reimondo, ja レーモンド Rēmondo
Latin: la Raimundus m, la Regimundus m
Latvian: lv Raimonds m
Lithuanian: lt Raimondas m
Norwegian: no Raymond
Occitan: oc Raimond m
Old Occitan: pro Raimond
Polish: pl Rajmund m
Portuguese: pt Raimundo m
Russian: ru Ра́ймонд m, ru Ре́ймонд m Rɛ́jmond
Serbo-Croatian: sh Rajmund m
Sicilian: scn Ramunnu m
Spanish: es Ramón, es Raimundo
Swedish: sv Raymond
See also
en Waymond
References
Anagrams
en admnory Romandy
French
fr:
Pronunciation
Raimond
Proper noun
m Raymonde
fr male Raymond
Proper noun
mfbysense
fr patronymics
Related terms
fr Raimond Ramond
Further reading
raymond
Norwegian
Etymology
From no en Raymond and no fr Raymond at the end of the 19th century.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male
Swedish
Etymology
From sv en - and sv fr - en Raymond. First recorded in Sweden in 1884.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Raymond.wav
sv
Proper noun
c
sv male
sv 2010 Pirkko Lindberg Hotell Hemlängtan Schildts 978-951-50-2003-1 220 "Jag kan inte förlika mig med det där fåniga Raymond". Hon uttalade det med överdrivna läpprörelser i två delar Ray-Mond. "När nu gossen är döpt till Börje, vilket är ett ordentlig svenskt namn. - - - Men moster Loja använde alltid sin pojkes artistnamn, och till och med uttalade det Rejmond på det amerikanska sättet, som han ville. "I cannot adjust myself to that stupid Raymond." She pronounced it with exaggarated lip movements in two parts Ray-Mond. "When the boy was christened Börje, which is a proper Swedish name. - - - But Aunt Loja always used her boy's stage name, and even pronounced it Raymond the American way, like he wanted.
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 2305 males with the given name living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on 6 July 2011.