Raymond

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Raymond is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name1.5M records spelled Raymond3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Philippines

• a separate given name171K records spelled Raymond3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Ray-Mond, Ráymond

• Portuguese given name54K records spelled Raymond2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Portugal

  Also written Raymönd

• Hindi given name51K records spelled Raymond14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written Remanda, রেমন্ড, Remond, Raymand, রেমনড

• Polish given name36K records spelled Raymond117 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Poland, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Spanish

  Also written Raimon, Ramon, Раймонд, Рамон, Rajmond

105 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Raymond is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, from OFr Raimund, Raimond, from OG Raginmund ‘counsel or might-protection’; first attested Raimundus 1086 DB (Essex)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

• In French, Germanic: from elements meaning 'counsel' and 'protection'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In French, Germanic origin; from ragin 'counsel' + mund 'protector'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• From an Old French name, Raimund, of Germanic origin, from ragin ‘advice’, ‘decision’ + mund ‘protector’. This was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them into England. Subsequently it dropped out of use, but was revived in the middle of the roth century, together with several other given names of Old English and Norman origin. Short form: Ray.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A male given name from the Germanic languages.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Raymond Chandlerb. 1888USAmerican novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
• Louis de Broglieb. 1892FRnot in their usual nameNobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter (1892–1987)
• Georges Pompidoub. 1911FRnot in their usual namePresident of France from 1969 to 1974
• Ray Bradburyb. 1920USnot in their usual nameAmerican author and screenwriter (1920–2012)
• Ray Charlesb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)
• Roman Polanskib. 1933FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
• Ray Tomlinsonb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican computer programmer (1941-2016)
• George R. R. Martinb. 1948USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer and television producer (born 1948)
• Raymond Domenechb. 1952FRFrench football manager (born 1952)
• Ray Liottab. 1954USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1954–2022)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,753 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Raymond?

We estimate roughly 644 thousand people bear Raymond (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Raymond have the most bearers?

We estimate about 364 thousand people bear Raymond in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled raymond.

Where is Raymond most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Raymond is densest in France — about 1 in 249 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Raymond compared with other names?

In the United States, Raymond is the 97th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Raymond a male or female name?

Raymond is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Raymond mean?

Recorded meaning: from the Norman male personal name Raimund, Germanic ‘counsel-protection’