Raymond

{{Infobox given name

| name = Raymond

| image = San Ramón Nonato (Museo Ibercaja Camón Aznar).jpg

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| caption = Saint Raymond Nonnatus

| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|eɪ|m|ə|n|d}}
{{IPA|fr|ʁɛmɔ̃}}

| gender = Male

| meaning = Counseling protector or Famous protector

| region = Northern Europe

| language = German

| origin = Germanic

| alternative spelling =

| nickname = Ray

| name day =

| derived = Ramona

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Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund,{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=raymond&searchmode=none |title=raymond |author=Douglas Harper |website=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=7 August 2018}} whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Raginmund) or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Reginmund).{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/raymond |title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Raymond |first=Mike |last=Campbell |website=Behind the Name |access-date=7 August 2018}} Ragin (Gothic) and regin (Old German) meant "counsel".{{cite book |title=Reynard the Fox |last=von Goethe |first=Johann Wolfgang |year=1855 |author-link=Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |translator=Thomas James Arnold |page=xiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BfpbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA12}} The Old High German mund originally meant "hand",{{cite book |author=Winfred Philipp Lehmann |title=A Gothic Etymological Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39UUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA245 |year=1986 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-08176-3 |page=245}} but came to mean "protection".{{cite book |author=Jan Gonda |title=Selected Studies: Indo-European Linguistics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdMUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA197 |year=1975 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=90-04-04228-8 |page=197}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Raymond |title=Surname Database: Raymond Last Name Origin |website=The Internet Surname Database|access-date=7 August 2018}}

The most commonly used names for baby boys based on "Ragin" in 2009 were,{{where|date=August 2024}} in descending order, Raymond, Ramiro, Rayner, Rein, Reingard, Reynard, and Reynold.{{cite web |url=http://www.babynamespedia.com/search/m/ragin |title=Ragin Names for Boys at Baby Names Pedia |website=www.babynamespedia.com |access-date=7 August 2018}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/S-Raymond.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630215239/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/family/S-Raymond.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 June 2012 |title=UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SERVICE NO LONGER AVAILABLE - University of Essex|website=privatewww.essex.ac.uk|access-date=7 August 2018}}

Translations and variations

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

=People=

==Pre-modern era==

===Aristocracy===

Raymond I, Count of Toulouse (died 865)
Raymond II, Count of Toulouse (died 924)
Raymond III, Count of Toulouse (died 978)
Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (c. 1041 or 1042–1105), Count of Tripoli from 1102 to 1105
Raymond V, Count of Toulouse (1134–1198)
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156–1222)
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197–1249)
Raymond II, Count of Tripoli (c. 1115–1152), Count of Tripoli from 1137 to 1152
Raymond III, Count of Tripoli (c. 1142–1187), Count of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187
Raymond of Poitiers (c. 1115–1149), Prince of Antioch
Raymond Roger Trencavel (1185–1209)
Raymond of Burgundy (1070–1107), married to Queen Urraca of Castile
Raymond of Antioch (c. 1195–1213), eldest son of Bohemond IV of Antioch

===Saints===

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===

Raymond of Aguilers (1096–1099), chronicler of the First Crusade

==Modern world==

===Artists and entertainers===

Ray Romano, actor who played Ray Barone in Everybody loves Raymond
Raymond Antrobus (born 1986), British poet
Raymond Bagatsing (born 1967), Filipino actor
Raymond Bailey (1904–1980), American actor
Ray Bolger (1904–1987), American entertainer of stage and screen
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), American science fiction and fantasy author
Raymond Briggs (1934–2022), English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author
Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian actor
Raymond Carver (1938–1988), American short story writer and poet
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), American novelist and screenwriter
Ray Charles (1930–2004), American singer, songwriter and pianist
Raymond Chow (1927–2018), Hong Kong film producer
Raymond Dalton (born 1990), American singer-songwriter, vocalist on Can't Hold Us
Raymond E. Feist (born 1945), American fantasy writer
Ray Gillen (1959–1993), American rock singer-songwriter
Raymond Gutierrez (born 1984), Filipino host
Ray Harryhausen (1920–2013), American-British animator and special effects creator
Raymond Hawthorne (1936–2025), New Zealand theatre director
Ray William Johnson (born 1981), American internet comedian, actor and musician
Raymond Kaskey (born 1943), American sculptor
Raymond van de Klundert, also known as Ray Kluun (born 1964), Dutch novelist
Raymond Lam (born 1979), Hong Kong singer and actor
Raymond Lauchengco (born 1964), Filipino actor and singer
Raymond Leppard (1927–2019), British-American conductor, harpsichordist, composer and editor
Raymond Massey (1896–1983), Canadian actor
Raymond Pettibon (born 1957), American artist
Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), French poet and novelist
Raymond Ramnarine, Trinidadian and Tobagonian singer
Raymond Scott (1908–1994), American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, record producer, and inventor
Raymond Smullyan (1919–2017), American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist philosopher, and magician
Raymond Sudre (1870–1962), French sculptor
Raymond Joseph Teller (born 1948), one-half of the duo Penn & Teller
Raymond Templier (1891–1968), French jewellery designer
Raymond Wong Pak-ming (born 1948), Hong Kong actor and film producer
Raymond Wong Ho-yin (born 1975), Hong Kong actor

===Politicians and activists===

Raymond Baldwin (1893–1986), American politician
Raymond Eddé (1913–2000), Lebanese politician
Raymond L. Finch (1940–2023), judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
Raymond Ho (born 1939), member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Raymond Mhlaba (1920–2005), South African anti-apartheid activist
Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934), President of France and leader of France during World War I

===Religious figures===

Raymond Leo Burke (born 1948), American Roman Catholic prelate
Raymond Lahey (1940–2022), Canadian disgraced former Roman Catholic bishop
Raymond Pichard, French priest and television presenter

===Scientists===

Raymond Cattell (1905–1998), British-American psychologist
Raymond Davis Jr. (1914–2006), American chemist and Nobel Prize winner in physics
Raymond Gesteland, American geneticist
Raymond Herb (1908–1996), American nuclear physicist

===Sportspeople===

Raymond van Barneveld (born 1967), Dutch darts player
Raymond Berry (born 1933), American football player
Raymond Calais (born 1998), American football player
Raymond Daniels (martial artist) (born 1980), American martial artist
Raymond Domenech (born 1952), French football manager
Raymond Hunter (1938–2020), Irish cricketer and rugby union player
Raymond Kopa (1931–2017), French football player
Raymond Rowe (born 1984), American professional wrestler
Raymond Townsend (born 1955), American basketball player
Raymond Vohasek (born 1999), American football player

===Other===

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=

Raymond Barone, main character in the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
Raymond Cocteau, mayor/governor/dictator of San Angeles in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
Raymond Doyle, in the British TV series The Professionals
Raymond Reddington, main character in the English TV series The Blacklist
Raymond Stantz, main character in the 1984 film Ghostbusters
Raymond Shaw, main character in the novel The Manchurian Candidate played on film in 1962 by Laurence Harvey and 2004 by Liev Schreiber
Mr. Raymond, the English name of the main character "Don Ramón" from the animated television series El Chavo Animado.
Raymond Sullivan, antagonist of Dead Rising 2
Raymond, a cat villager in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Raymond Holt, openly gay police captain in the comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine

=Performance characters=

Raymond, the mascot for the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball team

Surname

=People=

Adèle Raymond, wife of Augustin-Norbert Morin, hence the village of Sainte-Adèle
Alex Raymond (1909–1956), American comic strip artist
Alexandre Raymond (1872–1941), French architectural historian from Constantinople
Alfred John Raymond (1856–1935), mayor of Brisbane
Allen Raymond, American political consultant
Antonin Raymond (1888–1976), Czech architect
Arthur Bugs Raymond (1882–1912), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Carrie B. Raymond, American musician and educator
Edward Burleson Raymond (1848–1914), American rancher, politician, banker and founder of Raymondville, Texas
E. A. Raymond (Edwin A. Raymond, 1861–1918), Wisconsin state legislator
Eleanor Raymond (1887–1989), American architect
Eric S. Raymond (born 1957), American software developer
Eugene Raymond (born 1923), South African Army major-general, Surgeon-General and physician
Francine Raymond (born 1956), French-Canadian author-compositor-interpreter
Gary Raymond (born 1935), British actor
George Raymond (1914–1999), civil rights activist from Pennsylvania
George Raymond Jr. (1943–1973), civil rights activist from Mississippi
George Lansing Raymond (1839–1929), American professor of aesthetic criticism
Glenda Raymond (1922–2003), Australian soprano
Harold Raymond aka Tubby Raymond (1926–2017), American college football and baseball coach and player
Harry Raymond (footballer), English footballer from 1908 to 1924
Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820–1869), American journalist, founded The New York Times
Jade Raymond (born 1974), Canadian video game producer and television personality
Janice Raymond (model) (born 1951), Playboy Playmate of the Month for December 1974
Jim Raymond (1917–1981), American comic strip artist
Jonathan Raymond, American writer
Lee Raymond (born 1938), American chairman of Exxon Mobil
Lisa Raymond (born 1973), American tennis player
Lucas Raymond (born 2002), Swedish ice hockey player
Marietta Sherman Raymond (1862–1949), American violinist, musical educator, orchestral conductor
Mason Raymond (born 1985), Canadian National Hockey League player
Nathaniel Raymond (born 1977), American human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate
Oliver Raymond (c.1605–1679), English MP
Paul Raymond (publisher) (1925–2008), English pornographer
Richard Raymond (pianist) (born 1965), Canadian pianist
Richard Raymond (Texas politician) (born 1960)
Rosanna Raymond (born 1967), New Zealand artist, poet, and cultural commentator
Ruth Raymond (1897–1986), English artist
Sophia Burrell (née Raymond, 1753–1802), English poet and dramatist
Thomas Lynch Raymond (1875–1928), twice mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Tito Raymond (born 1969), American bodybuilder
Usher Raymond IV, aka Usher (born 1978), American musician