Raymond

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Raymond
Gender	Male
Meaning	"Counsellor, "Protector"
Origin	Germanic
Nicknames	Ray
Popularity	Popular names page

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Raymond is a name of Germanic origin, from the name Reginmund, composed of the elements ragin ("counsellor") and mund ("protector").

It is the basis of names such as Ramón, Raimund, Raimundo, Raimond, Raimondo, Reimund etc.

Contents 1 People 1.1 Historical 1.2 Surname 1.3 Given name 1.4 Other 1.5 In fiction 2 See also

[edit] People

[edit] Historical

Counts of Toulouse:

• Raymond I, Count of Toulouse
• Raymond II, Count of Toulouse
• Raymond III, Count of Toulouse
• Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
• Raymond V, Count of Toulouse
• Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
• Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse

Counts of Tripoli:

• 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

Princes of Antioch:

• Raymond-Roupen of Antioch (d. 1219)
• Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch
• Raymond Roger Trencavel

Count of Gaicia:

• Raymond of Burgundy, married to Queen Urraca of Castile

Saints:

• Raymond of Peñafort, medieval canon lawyer, c. 1175 – 1275
• Raymond Nonnatus, ransomer of hostages, 1204-1240

Medieval chronicler

• Raymond of Aguilers, chronicler of the First Crusade (1096–1099)

[edit] Surname

• Alex Raymond, comic strip artist
• Alfred John Raymond, mayor of Brisbane
• Allen Raymond, American political consultant
• Antonin Raymond (1888-1976), Czech architect
• Brett Raymond, American musician and composer
• Edward Burleson Raymond, foreman of the King Ranch and founder of Raymondville, Texas
• Eric S. Raymond, computer programmer
• Eugene Raymond, South African military commander
• Gary Raymond, British actor
• Harold "Tubby" Raymond, American college football coach
• Henry Jarvis Raymond, American journalist and politician; founder of The New York Times
• Jade Raymond (born 1974), Canadian video game producer and television personality
• Janice Raymond (model)
• Jonathan Raymond, American writer
• Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil, 1999-2005
• Lisa Raymond, American professional tennis player
• Paul Raymond (publisher) (1925-2008), English pornographer
• Richard Raymond (pianist)
• Richard Raymond (Texas politician)
• Suze Raymond, Australian television presenter
• Thomas Lynch Raymond, mayor of Newark, New Jersey
• Tito Raymond, American bodybuilder
• Usher (entertainer) (born Usher Raymond, 1978), musician

[edit] Given name

• Raymond Leo Burke, American prelate in the Roman Catholic Church
• Raymond Burr (1917-1993), Canadian actor
• Raymond Chandler, American writer
• Raymond Lahey (born 1940), former bishop of the diocese of Antigonish
• Raymond McCreesh, Irish republican hunger striker who died in 1981

[edit] Other

• Raymond & Maria, Swedish pop group
• Raymond, the mascot for the Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball team

[edit] In fiction

• Raymond Barone, main character in sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
• Raymond Cocteau, mayor/governor/dictator of San Angeles in 1990s movie Demolition Man
• Raymond Stantz, main character in the film Ghostbusters
• Mondo Browne (Raymond Browne), African-American killer character in HBO drama Oz
• Dolphus Raymond, eccentric non-racist man who pretends to be drunk in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

[edit] See also

• Ray
• Raimond

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