Raymond

Meanings

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A number of places in the United States:
4. An unincorporated community in Madera County, California.
5. A village and township in Montgomery County, Illinois.
6. An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
7. A minor city in Black Hawk County, Iowa.
8. A minor city in Rice County, Kansas.
9. A town in Cumberland County, Maine.
10. A ghost town in Eveline Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
11. A minor city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
12. A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.

Etymology

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.