RAYMOND  

Gender: M
Origin: German
Meaning: "wise-protector"

Popularity in 2008: #215

Now that the show is gone, does anybody still love Raymond? Long dormant, but some parents -- including Jack Nicholson -- are finding its cool component, largely through the nickname Ray.

Variations:
Reimonde, Reamonn, Ramond, Raimon, Raymone, Raymen, Raymand, Radmond, Raymann, Raymund, Raemond, Raimond, Raymun, Reymund, Reymond, Remone, Reimond, Raimonds, Ramon, Raemonn, Reymon, Rayment, Reimundo, Rayman, Mundo, Ramone, Raymon, Ramonte, Raymunde, Redmond, Ray, Raymont, Ramonde, Reymound, Raemondo, Raemon

International Variations:
Erramun (Basque) Reima, Raimo (Finnish) Raimund, Reimund (German) Réamann (Irish Gaelic) Raimondo (Italian) Rajmund (Polish) Raymundo, Raimundo, Ramón (Portuguese)

Raymond is being discussed in our message boards:

• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• Names of people i know::
• Build a Name Together
• A/Z Twins
• What would you choose if you were having boy-girl twins?

Read Nameberry blog posts about Raymond:

• IRISH NAMES NOW: What's doing in Dublin?
• U NAME IT: Utterly unusual, unique and underused 'U' names
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• TAKING BABY NAMES SERIOUSLY
• THE FOUR-GENERATION RULE