How to say it
RAY · mond
/ˈreɪ.mənd/
Masculine
Raymond
Wise protector
What it means
Germanic, from ragin ('counsel, advice') plus mund ('protector'), so 'wise protector.'
Raymond comes from the Germanic ragin, 'counsel,' and mund, 'protection,' a 'wise protector.' The Normans carried it to England, several saints bore it, and it became a fixture of mid-20th-century America, behind crime novelist Raymond Chandler and, later, Everybody Loves Raymond. Ray is the easy, enduring short. Raymundo is the Spanish form.
Popularity over time
peaked at #14 in 1919, currently #395 in 2025.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, names given to at least 5 babies in a year, 1880–present. See where the names are moving
Heads-up notes
- Nickname
Ray is the everyday short.
- Spelling
Raymundo is the Spanish form.
Who's worn it
Historical figures, characters, and public faces who share the name. The cultural surface, for whatever weight you want to give it.
- Raymond Chandler American crime novelist (The Big Sleep)
Spelling variants
- Raymundo
- Raimond
- Reymond
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