Raymond

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/ˈɹeɪ.mənd/

proper noun

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

OriginOld French Raimund ← Frankish *Raginmund ← Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz →
CommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

proper nounRaymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)

plural Raymonds

  1. countableuncountableA male given name from the Germanic languages.

    I thought the name Raymond sounded respectable. Good name for a lawyer.

    2006, Janette McCarthy, Hanging on a String, →ISBN, page 141
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    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.

    1886 Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Belgravia Magazine. Item notes:V.60.(July-Oct.1886) page 94

    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,

    1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90

    A spokesperson for the families of Drs. Mortimer and Raymond Sackler, the late founders of the company, issued this statement:

    2019 March 24, Ralph Ellis and Melanie Schuman, “Hundreds of cities, counties and Native American tribes file federal lawsuit against Sackler family over opioid crisis”, in CNN
  2. countableuncountableA surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Madera County, California.
    2. countableuncountableA village and township in Montgomery County, Illinois.
    3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
    4. countableuncountableA minor city in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
    5. countableuncountableA minor city in Rice County, Kansas.
    6. countableuncountableA town in Cumberland County, Maine.
    7. countableuncountableA ghost town in Eveline Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
    8. countableuncountableA minor city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
    9. countableuncountableA city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Montana.
    11. countableuncountableA village in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
    12. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
    13. countableuncountableA locality in the town of Lockport, Niagara County, New York.
    14. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
    15. countableuncountableA small town in Clark County, South Dakota.
    16. countableuncountableA city in Pacific County, Washington.
    17. countableuncountableA village and unincorporated community therein, in Racine County, Wisconsin.
    18. countableuncountableA number of other townships, listed under Raymond Township.
  4. A number of places elsewhere:
    1. countableuncountableA town in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.
    2. countableuncountableA community in Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.
    3. countableuncountableA village in Sud department, Haiti.
    4. countableuncountableA commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*Raginamunduz
  2. Frankish*Raginmund
  3. Old FrenchRaimund
  4. EnglishRaymond

From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”). Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.

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Translations

Basque Erramon
  • Erramonmale given name
Bengali রেমন্ড
  • রেমন্ড (remonḍ)male given name
Bulgarian Ре́ймънд
  • Ре́ймънд (Réjmănd)male given name
Catalan Ramon
  • Ramonmale given name
Chinese Mandarin 雷蒙德
  • 雷蒙德 (Léiméngdé)male given name
Esperanto Rajmundo
  • Rajmundomale given name
Estonian Raimond
  • Raimondmale given name
Finnish Raimo
  • Raimomale given name
French Raymond
  • Raymondmale given name
German Raimund
  • Raimundmale given name
Greek Ραϋμόνδος
  • Ραϋμόνδος (Raÿmóndos)male given name
Indonesian Raimundus
  • Raimundusmale given name
Japanese レイモンド, レーモンド
  • レイモンド (Reimondo)male given name
  • レーモンド (Rēmondo)male given name
Latin Raimundus, Regimundus
  • Raimundusmale given name
  • Regimundusmale given name
Latvian Raimonds
  • Raimondsmale given name
Lithuanian Raimondas
  • Raimondasmale given name
Norwegian Raymond
  • Raymondmale given name
Polish Rajmund
  • Rajmundmale given name
Portuguese Raimundo
  • Raimundomale given name
Russian Ра́ймонд, Ре́ймонд
  • Ра́ймонд (Rájmond)male given name
  • Ре́ймонд (Rɛ́jmond)male given name
Spanish Ramón, Raimundo
  • Ramónmale given name
  • Raimundomale given name
Swedish Raymond
  • Raymondmale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Raymond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Raymond

MLA

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Chicago

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