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| Pronunciation | /ˈreɪmənd/ French pronunciation: [ʁɛmɔ̃] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | German |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | Counseling protector or Famous protector |
| Region of origin | Northern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Ray |
| Derived | Ramona |
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund[1] and Raimund,[2] whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Raginmund) or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (Reginmund).[1] Ragin (Gothic) and regin (Old German) meant "counsel".[3] The Old High German mund originally meant "hand",[4] but came to mean "protection".[5] 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.[6]
The most commonly used names for baby boys based on "Ragin" in 2009 were,[where?] in descending order, Raymond, Ramiro, Rayner, Rein, Reingard, Reynard, and Reynold.[7] 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.[8]
- ^ a b Campbell, Mike. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Raymond". Behind the Name. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Douglas Harper. "raymond". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1855). Reynard the Fox. Translated by Thomas James Arnold. p. xiv.
- ^ Winfred Philipp Lehmann (1986). A Gothic Etymological Dictionary. BRILL. p. 245. ISBN 90-04-08176-3.
- ^ Jan Gonda (1975). Selected Studies: Indo-European Linguistics. BRILL. p. 197. ISBN 90-04-04228-8.
- ^ "Surname Database: Raymond Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "Ragin Names for Boys at Baby Names Pedia". www.babynamespedia.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ "UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SERVICE NO LONGER AVAILABLE - University of Essex". privatewww.essex.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2018.