The first name Raymond

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Meaning

The name Raymond traditionally means “counsel” combined with “protection”.

Historical origin

The name Raymond comes from Germanic Raginmund, formed from ragin “counsel” and mund “protection”.

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The form of Raymond recalls the lasting influence of Germanic and medieval names on French naming traditions.

Pronunciation:ray-mondʁɛm.ɔ̃

Frequency of the first name Raymond by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Raymond by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name RaymondLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Raymond in baptisms by year.5037251201600167817561834191219901600–1604 1 baptisms1685–1689 1 baptisms1690–1694 3 baptisms1710–1714 1 baptisms1715–1719 1 baptisms1735–1739 1 baptisms1755–1759 2 baptisms1780–1784 2 baptisms1790–1794 3 baptisms1795–1799 1 baptisms1800–1804 2 baptisms1815–1819 4 baptisms1825–1829 5 baptisms1830–1834 2 baptisms1835–1839 2 baptisms1840–1844 2 baptisms1845–1849 5 baptisms1850–1854 6 baptisms1855–1859 6 baptisms1860–1864 5 baptisms1865–1869 2 baptisms1870–1874 2 baptisms1875–1879 6 baptisms1880–1884 1 baptisms1885–1889 4 baptisms1890–1894 5 baptisms1895–1899 8 baptisms1900–1904 3 baptisms1905–1909 8 baptisms1910–1914 13 baptisms1915–1919 14 baptisms1920–1924 25 baptisms1925–1929 50 baptisms1930–1934 39 baptisms1935–1939 37 baptisms1940–1944 35 baptisms1945–1949 35 baptisms1950–1954 40 baptisms1955–1959 25 baptisms1960–1964 16 baptisms1965–1969 3 baptisms1970–1974 2 baptisms1975–1979 1 baptisms1990–1994 1 baptisms

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