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Raymond.

A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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name/ˈɹeɪ.mənd/
  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

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  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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  3. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Madera County, California.

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  4. A number of places in the United States: A village and township in Montgomery County, Illinois.

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  5. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Springfield Township, Franklin County, Indiana.

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  6. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Black Hawk County, Iowa.

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  7. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Rice County, Kansas.

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  8. A number of places in the United States: A town in Cumberland County, Maine.

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  9. A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Eveline Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.

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  10. A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.

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  11. A number of places in the United States: A city in Mississippi, and one of the two county seats of Hinds County.

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  12. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Montana.

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  13. A number of places in the United States: A village in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

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  14. A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place therein, in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

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  15. A number of places in the United States: A locality in the town of Lockport, Niagara County, New York.

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  16. A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Liberty Township, Union County, Ohio.

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  17. A number of places in the United States: A small town in Clark County, South Dakota.

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  18. A number of places in the United States: A city in Pacific County, Washington.

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  19. A number of places in the United States: A village and unincorporated community therein, in Racine County, Wisconsin.

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  20. A number of places in the United States: A number of other townships, listed under Raymond Township.

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  21. A number of places elsewhere: A town in the County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada.

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  22. A number of places elsewhere: A community in Muskoka Lakes township, Muskoka district municipality, Ontario, Canada.

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  23. A number of places elsewhere: A village in Sud department, Haiti.

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  24. A number of places elsewhere: A commune in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Where this word comes from

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.

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