RAYMOND

'Raymond' is a name of Germanic origin, from the name ''Reginmund'', composed of the elements ''ragin'' "advice" and ''mund'' "protector". This was the name of several saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists. It is a cognate of Ralph.
It is also the basis of names such as Ramón, Raimund, Raimundo, Raimondo, Reimund etc.

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People

Historical

Other

In fiction

Placenames

United States

Other

Other

People

Historical

'Raymond' is the name of several counts of Toulouse during the Middle Ages best known for their slaves of the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusades:

★ Raymond I of Toulouse

★ Raymond II of Toulouse

★ Raymond III of Toulouse

★ Raymond IV of Toulouse

★ Raymond V of Toulouse

★ Raymond VI of Toulouse

★ Raymond VII of Toulouse

★ Raymond of Aguilers, chronicler of the First Crusade (1096–1099)
'Raymond' is the name of two counts of Tripoli during the Middle Ages:

★ Raymond II of Tripoli (c.1115–1152), Count of Tripoli from 1137 to 1152

★ Raymond III of Tripoli (c.1142–1187), Count of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187

★ Raymond-Roupen of Antioch (d.1219), ruler of the principality of Antioch (a crusader state) between 1216 and 1219

★ Raymond of Antioch, also known as ''Raymond of Poitiers'' (1099–1149), prince of Antioch between 1136 to 1149

★ Raymond-Roger de Trencavel

Other

★ Allen Raymond

★ Brett Raymond

★ Edward Burleson Raymond, foreman of the King Ranch and founder of Raymondville, Texas

★ Eric S. Raymond

★ Eugene Raymond

★ Gary Raymond

★ Harold "Tubby" Raymond

★ Janice Raymond (Playmate)

★ Jonathan Raymond

★ Lee Raymond

★ Lisa Raymond

★ Paul Raymond (born 1925), English pornographer, and owner of Raymond Revuebars and several English erotic magazines such as ''Razzle''

★ Phillip Raymond

★ Richard Raymond (pianist)

★ Richard Raymond (Texas politician)

★ Suze Raymond

★ Tito Raymond

★ Usher (entertainer) (born 'Usher Raymond', 1978), musician

★ Raymond & Maria, a Swedish pop group

In fiction

★ Raymond Cocteau, the mayor/governor/dictator of San Angeles in the 1990s movie ''Demolition Man''

★ Lord Raymond, the hero of Mary Shelley's ''The Last Man''. 'Raymond' has been used as an alternative title for the book

★ Dr. Raymond Stantz, one of the main characters in ''Ghostbusters''

★ Ray Barone, main character in sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''.

Placenames

United States

★ Raymond, California

★ Raymond, Illinois

★ Raymond, Iowa

★ Raymond, Kansas

★ Raymond, Maine

★ Raymond, Minnesota

★ Raymond, Mississippi

★ Battle of Raymond

★ Raymond, Nebraska

★ Raymond, New Hampshire

★ Raymond, Ohio

★ Raymond, South Dakota

★ Raymond, Washington

★ Raymond, Wisconsin

Other

★ Raymond, Alberta, Canada

Other

★ Raymond Group, The Raymond Group was incorporated in 1925; and within a span of a few years, transformed from being an Indian textile major to being a global conglomerate.

★ ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', a long-running American television sitcom