Raymond
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From Old French, from Frankish, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).
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Raymond (countable and uncountable, plural Raymonds)
- A male given name from the 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.
- 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90:
- 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,
- 2006, Janette McCarthy, Hanging on a String, →ISBN, page 141:
- I thought the name Raymond sounded respectable. Good name for a lawyer.
- 1886 Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Belgravia Magazine. Item notes:V.60.(July-Oct.1886) page 94:
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Madera County, California.
- A village and township in Montgomery County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Rice County, Kansas.
- A town in Cumberland County, Maine.
- A ghost town in Eveline Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
- A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.
- An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Montana.
- A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska.
- A town and census-designated place therein, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A locality in the town of Lockport, Niagara County, New York.
- A census-designated place in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.
- A small town in Clark County, South Dakota.
- A city in Pacific County, Washington.
- A village and unincorporated community therein, in Racine County, Wisconsin.
- A number of other townships, listed under Raymond Township.
- A number of places elsewhere:
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male given name
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Raymond m (feminine Raymonde)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Raymond
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Raymond m or f by sense
- a surname originating as a patronymic
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Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From English Raymond and French Raymond at the end of the 19th century.
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Raymond
- a male given name
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From English and French Raymond. First recorded in Sweden in 1884.
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Raymond c (genitive Raymonds)
- a male given name
- 2010, Pirkko Lindberg, Hotell Hemlängtan, Schildts, →ISBN, page 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.