Raymond Forename
353rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,838,295 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Raymond Forename Definition:
A male name. Old German Raginmund, compound of ragan ‘counsel’, ‘might’, and mund ‘protection’. It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Raimund or Reimund. It is one of those names which have never been generally popular but, on the other hand, have never gone wholly out of use.
Read More About This ForenameRaymond Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 631,701 | 1:574 | 106 |
| France | 100% | 254,420 | 1:261 | 73 |
| England | 100% | 137,149 | 1:405 | 90 |
| Philippines | 100% | 96,927 | 1:1,094 | 220 |
| Canada | 100% | 72,329 | 1:458 | 82 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 45,263 | 1:1,631 | 295 |
| Ghana | 100% | 45,005 | 1:600 | 144 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 43,870 | 1:4,048 | 708 |
| South Africa | 100% | 39,307 | 1:1,387 | 203 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 34,078 | 1:1,549 | 313 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 29,510 | 1:240 | 53 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 27,812 | 1:850 | 189 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 24,300 | 1:696 | 154 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 21,536 | 1:1,003 | 199 |
| Belgium | 100% | 20,763 | 1:553 | 124 |
| Burundi | 100% | 17,379 | 1:570 | 162 |
| Uganda | 100% | 16,307 | 1:2,512 | 358 |
| Kenya | 100% | 16,282 | 1:2,844 | 495 |
| Ireland | 100% | 11,824 | 1:393 | 85 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 11,602 | 1:980 | 222 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10,132 | 1:528 | 117 |
| Benin | 100% | 10,009 | 1:1,057 | 239 |
| Australia | - | 9,636 | 1:1,417 | 287 |
| Wales | 100% | 9,536 | 1:324 | 69 |
| Haiti | 100% | 9,442 | 1:1,136 | 177 |
| Lebanon | 93% | 8,911 | 1:632 | 119 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 8,568 | 1:3,596 | 592 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 8,401 | 1:1,836 | 338 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 8,143 | 1:3,739 | 396 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 7,807 | 1:1,044 | 118 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 7,214 | 1:1,139 | 244 |
| Mozambique | - | 7,200 | 1:3,784 | 759 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 7,122 | 1:36,221 | 4,770 |
| Zambia | - | 5,133 | 1:3,089 | 506 |
| Togo | - | 4,945 | 1:1,464 | 221 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4,357 | 1:3,928 | 623 |
| Jamaica | - | 4,355 | 1:662 | 166 |
| Guinea | 100% | 4,152 | 1:2,856 | 331 |
| Norway | 100% | 4,028 | 1:1,274 | 269 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,968 | 1:1,143 | 268 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 3,947 | 1:467 | 117 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3,358 | 1:168 | 31 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 3,339 | 1:6,911 | 788 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,975 | 1:12,708 | 1,431 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2,774 | 1:2,795 | 212 |
| India | 100% | 2,595 | 1:468,161 | 38,405 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 2,557 | 1:4,079 | 623 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,497 | 1:38,718 | 1,282 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,451 | 1:37,495 | 2,382 |
| Gabon | 100% | 2,325 | 1:810 | 171 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 2,292 | 1:8,019 | 912 |
| Singapore | 100% | 2,085 | 1:3,015 | 429 |
| Iraq | 100% | 2,037 | 1:17,191 | 1,044 |
| China | - | 2,012 | 1:678,954 | 29,670 |
| Malta | - | 1,835 | 1:234 | 36 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,780 | 1:39,363 | 4,549 |
| Gambia | - | 1,692 | 1:1,139 | 216 |
| Angola | - | 1,620 | 1:16,646 | 1,564 |
| Namibia | - | 1,572 | 1:1,529 | 312 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,561 | 1:872 | 136 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1,516 | 1:9,618 | 736 |
| Israel | 54% | 1,313 | 1:6,400 | 977 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,282 | 1:2,953 | 406 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,074 | 1:28,121 | 2,082 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,049 | 1:16,185 | 1,224 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,045 | 1:730 | 77 |
| Botswana | 100% | 997 | 1:2,191 | 388 |
| Congo | 96% | 995 | 1:5,034 | 747 |
| Liberia | 100% | 956 | 1:4,615 | 563 |
| Bahamas | - | 942 | 1:424 | 86 |
| Syria | - | 917 | 1:21,054 | 1,132 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 916 | 1:170 | 17 |
| Brazil | 100% | 826 | 1:259,366 | 10,591 |
| Chad | 100% | 803 | 1:16,934 | 2,591 |
| Sweden | 100% | 799 | 1:12,338 | 1,012 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 753 | 1:772 | 152 |
| French Polynesia | - | 735 | 1:378 | 60 |
| Bangladesh | - | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Spain | 100% | 723 | 1:64,357 | 2,303 |
| Mauritius | - | 677 | 1:1,917 | 353 |
| Suriname | 94% | 625 | 1:884 | 159 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 586 | 1:461 | 114 |
| Romania | 100% | 566 | 1:35,428 | 2,225 |
| Samoa | - | 548 | 1:356 | 99 |
| Belize | 100% | 539 | 1:657 | 90 |
| Poland | 100% | 518 | 1:73,411 | 1,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 513 | 1:2,534 | 550 |
| Qatar | 100% | 498 | 1:4,758 | 770 |
| Guam | - | 492 | 1:327 | 37 |
| Morocco | - | 491 | 1:69,956 | 2,597 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 480 | 1:7,396 | 557 |
| Fiji | - | 460 | 1:1,940 | 537 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 457 | 1:10,433 | 948 |
| Vanuatu | - | 451 | 1:580 | 133 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 423 | 1:56,193 | 8,190 |
| Ecuador | - | 399 | 1:44,428 | 1,667 |
| Japan | - | 357 | 1:358,504 | 9,410 |
| Panama | 100% | 332 | 1:11,767 | 1,463 |
| Grenada | 100% | 292 | 1:370 | 35 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 290 | 1:189 | 19 |
| Denmark | - | 288 | 1:19,616 | 1,176 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 264 | 1:674 | 90 |
| Iran | 100% | 262 | 1:299,606 | 4,570 |
| Jersey | - | 253 | 1:395 | 88 |
| Jordan | 88% | 251 | 1:35,166 | 1,355 |
| Russia | 96% | 244 | 1:591,122 | 6,080 |
| Bahrain | - | 237 | 1:5,691 | 904 |
| Chile | 87% | 236 | 1:74,607 | 2,181 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 233 | 1:471 | 65 |
| Mexico | 100% | 219 | 1:566,870 | 6,026 |
| Portugal | - | 203 | 1:51,285 | 1,756 |
| Aruba | - | 200 | 1:519 | 67 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 200 | 1:463 | 79 |
| Palestine | 93% | 194 | 1:23,454 | 1,143 |
| Barbados | - | 192 | 1:1,509 | 352 |
| Greece | 100% | 188 | 1:58,162 | 1,927 |
| Oman | - | 177 | 1:23,213 | 1,825 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 171 | 1:41,825 | 3,817 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 166 | 1:97,039 | 2,173 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 163 | 1:685 | 64 |
| Bermuda | - | 154 | 1:421 | 52 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 149 | 1:667 | 94 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 148 | 1:5,886 | 643 |
| South Korea | - | 146 | 1:37,975 | 2,873 |
| Brunei | 100% | 136 | 1:3,085 | 313 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 132 | 1:45,593 | 2,318 |
| Italy | 98% | 131 | 1:466,123 | 5,095 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 114 | 1:538 | 80 |
| Peru | 100% | 107 | 1:297,116 | 6,549 |
| Finland | 100% | 91 | 1:60,255 | 1,865 |
| Latvia | - | 91 | 1:22,150 | 956 |
| Guernsey | - | 89 | 1:712 | 166 |
| Dominica | - | 85 | 1:888 | 171 |
| Hungary | 97% | 82 | 1:119,412 | 787 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 80 | 1:25,500 | 3,080 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 75 | 1:78 | 9 |
| Austria | 100% | 73 | 1:116,633 | 2,276 |
| Colombia | 100% | 63 | 1:758,396 | 9,787 |
| Honduras | 100% | 63 | 1:139,960 | 3,891 |
| Macau | - | 62 | 1:9,810 | 276 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 62 | 1:560 | 95 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 58 | 1:3,350,994 | 37,942 |
| Monaco | 100% | 54 | 1:712 | 143 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 54 | 1:1,016 | 220 |
| Armenia | 100% | 51 | 1:57,230 | 1,947 |
| Czechia | 100% | 50 | 1:213,123 | 1,642 |
| Micronesia | - | 45 | 1:2,367 | 332 |
| Yemen | - | 45 | 1:584,372 | 2,544 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 44 | 1:2,105,071 | 3,174 |
| Afghanistan | - | 43 | 1:758,686 | 10,592 |
| American Samoa | - | 40 | 1:1,396 | 189 |
| Libya | - | 36 | 1:172,814 | 833 |
| Belarus | 100% | 31 | 1:305,883 | 2,293 |
| Estonia | 100% | 31 | 1:42,432 | 2,607 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,042 | 231 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 30 | 1:1,708 | 255 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 25 | 1:279,616 | 5,934 |
| Andorra | - | 22 | 1:3,768 | 371 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 22 | 1:434 | 113 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 22 | 1:287 | 71 |
| Myanmar | - | 20 | 1:2,597,414 | 1,061 |
| Argentina | 87% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 18 | 1:904,074 | 14,944 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Nauru | 100% | 18 | 1:663 | 78 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 16 | 1:828 | 130 |
| Croatia | 100% | 16 | 1:263,567 | 4,024 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 15 | 1:482,454 | 4,853 |
| El Salvador | - | 14 | 1:452,985 | 4,295 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 12 | 1:883,450 | 3,230 |
| Tunisia | - | 12 | 1:56,408 | 2,773 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 11 | 1:1,613,350 | 13,838 |
| Turkey | 100% | 10 | 1:7,780,171 | 28,511 |
| Iceland | - | 9 | 1:40,669 | 2,415 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Montserrat | - | 8 | 1:610 | 61 |
| Niger | 100% | 8 | 1:2,397,999 | 27,433 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Ukraine | - | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 6 | 1:53,022 | 2,170 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Cuba | - | 4 | 1:2,876,638 | 6,272 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Raymond (194,267) may also be a surname.
Raymond Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Old German Raginmund, compound of ragan ‘counsel’, ‘might’, and mund ‘protection’. It was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Raimund or Reimund. It is one of those names which have never been generally popular but, on the other hand, have never gone wholly out of use. The surnames Raymond, Reymond, Rayment are derived from it.
Raimundus Domesday Book 1086, Curia Regis Rolls 1200, 1201, 1210. Raymundus Feudal Aids 1346. Reimond Close Rolls 1245. Reimund Hundred Rolls 1273.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
RAYMUND, an old spelling, now extremely rare. Old Frankish Raginmund, ‘wise protection,’ is its ancestor. The three Saints (C5-13) are spelt Raymund, but the modern French spelling has always been Raimond, whence ours: for this name abounds in the records of the chivalry of France.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A name derived from the Old & Middle High German name Rammund; from ram-mund, a strong man.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (masculine) - Pure peace.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Wise protector: good protection.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Raymond Forename Popularity
Raymond Demographics
Average Raymond Salary in
United States
$43,864 USD
Per year
Rank:
197,405 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.189965
Rank: 99 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
100.77%
Sample size: 357,012 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Raymond Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Raymond in the Russian language | ||
| Раймонд | rajmond | - |
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