Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French. It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Raginmund) or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Reginmund). Ragin (Gothic) and regin meant "counsel". The Old High German mund originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". 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" and mund meaning "protector".
Raymond is a male given name of Germanic origin. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Raginmund) or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Reginmund). Ragin (Gothic) and regin (Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German mund originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". 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.
The most commonly used names for baby boys based on "Ragin" in 2009 were, in descending order, Raymond, Ramiro, Rayner, Rein, Reingard, Reynard, and Reynold. 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.
Greek: Ραϋμόνδος (Raf̱̈móndos, Raÿmóndos), also Ρεμούνδος (Remoúndos)
Gujarati: રેમન્ડ (Rēmanḍa)
Given name
People
Raymond I of Toulouse (died 865)
Raymond II of Toulouse (died 924)
Raymond III of Toulouse (died 978)
Raymond IV of Toulouse (c. 1041 or 1042–1105), Count of Tripoli from 1102 to 1105
Raymond V of Toulouse (1134–1198)
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156–1222)
Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197–1249)
Raymond II of Tripoli (c. 1115–1152), Count of Tripoli from 1137 to 1152
Raymond III 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
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
Fictional characters
Raymond Barone, main character in the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
Raymond Curto, a character on The Sopranos
Raymond Cocteau, mayor/governor/dictator of San Angeles in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
Raymond Doyle, in the British TV series The Professionals
Father Raymond "Ray" Mukada, a character from Oz
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
Candy Raymond (1950–2025), Australian actress
Carrie B. Raymond, American musician and educator
E. A. Raymond (Edwin A. Raymond, 1861–1918), Wisconsin state legislator
Edward Burleson Raymond (1848–1914), American rancher, politician, banker and founder of Raymondville, Texas
Eleanor Raymond (1887–1989), American architect
Eric S. Raymond (born 1957), American software developer
Eugene Raymond (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
Fictional characters
Leon Raymond, a protagonist from The Haunted House animated series
Ronnie Raymond, the first Firestorm from DC Comics
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