Raymond

Where Raymond comes from

From Old French Raimund, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *Raginamunduz, composed of *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”). Compare the first element in Reginald, Reynold, Ronald; the second element can be found in cognates Edmund, Sigmund, Osmond.
— Wiktionary's entry for Raymond
  • Germanic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1860
    Raymond Poincaré born
    French statesman and lawyer, President of France
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #87 among boys — 165 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1888
    Raymond Chandler born
    American novelist and screenwriter
  4. 1919
    Peak, #14
    11,384 babies named Raymond — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #54.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Raymond Chandler · American novelist and screenwriter, 1888–1959
  • Raymond Poincaré · French statesman and lawyer, President of France, 1860–1934
  • Raymond Davis Jr. · American scientist, 1914–2006
  • Raymond Aron · French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist, 1905–1983
  • Raymond Queneau · French novelist and poet, 1903–1976

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.