Boy · Germanic, through French
Raymond
Say it: RAY-mund
Meaning
From Germanic ragin 'counsel' and mund 'protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common among the counts of Toulouse and Barcelona, and popular in English in the early 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 778,681 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1926, about 1 in 87 boys
- 1,048 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Ray, Raymund, Reymund, Raimond
| German | Raimund |
|---|---|
| French | Raymond |
| Italian | Raimondo |
| Spanish | Ramón |
| Catalan | Ramon |
| Portuguese | Raimundo |
| Occitan | Raimon |
Famous bearers
- Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, crusader
- Ramon Llull, Catalan philosopher
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Medieval European charters and records
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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