Raymond

Gender Masculine
Usage English, French
Pronounced Pron. /ˈɹeɪ.mənd/ (English) /ʁɛ.mɔ̃/ (French) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Germanic name Raginmund, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and munt "protection" [1] [2] [3] [4] . The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Reimund. It was borne by several medieval (mostly Spanish) saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists.

Related Names

Rootsregin + munda/munt
VariantRaymund (English)
DiminutiveRay (English)
Feminine FormsRae (English) Raymonde (French)
Other Languages & CulturesErramun (Basque) Ramon, Raimon (Catalan) Raimond (Estonian) Raimo, Reima (Finnish) Raimund, Reimund (German) Raginmund, Raimund (Germanic) Rajmund (Hungarian) Réamann, Réamonn, Redmond, Redmund (Irish) Raimondo (Italian) Raimonds (Latvian) Remao (Limburgish) Raimondas, Raimundas (Lithuanian) Rémann (Medieval Irish) Rajmund (Polish) Raimundo (Portuguese) Raymundo (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Rajmund (Slovene) Raimundo, Ramón, Moncho (Spanish) Raymundo (Spanish (Latin American))

Popularity

People think this name is

classic mature formal upper class wholesome strong refined strange simple serious

Name Days

France: January 7
Norway: November 3

Images

Statue of Saint Raymond NonnatusStatue of Saint Raymond Nonnatus
  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1236.
  2. Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry regin, available from https://old-norse.net/html/r.php#regin.
  3. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *regin, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
  4. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry munt, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.

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