Raymond
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from the Norman male personal name Raimund, Germanic ‘counsel-protection’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹeɪmənd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Raymond is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 39th most common given name.
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 385(inferred from the name graph)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 512
- CNChina≈1 in 532
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #220 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 617 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 385 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hong Kong, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from the Norman male personal name Raimund, Germanic ‘counsel-protection’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
How Raymond is read(measured from records)
Raymond is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English81%
from the Norman male personal name Raimund, Germanic ‘counsel-protection’
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
from OFr Raimund, Raimond, from OG Raginmund ‘counsel or might-protection’; first attested Raimundus 1086 DB (Essex)
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- French5.6%
Germanic: from elements meaning 'counsel' and 'protection'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Germanic origin; from ragin 'counsel' + mund 'protector'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Raymond counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈2,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 532 | — | Raymond | 85 |
| US United States | #98 | 364,286 | 1 in 913 | 364K | Raymond | 617 |
| GB United Kingdom | #102 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 547 | listed | Raymond | 298 |
| PH Philippines | #204 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 30K | Raymond | 172 |
| NG Nigeria | #575 | ≈87,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.5K | listed | Raymond | 112 |
| HK Hong Kong | #140 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 385 | — | Raymond | 117 |
| SG Singapore | #39 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 539 | — | Raymond | 154 |
| NZ New Zealand | #78 | ≈9,600 est. | ≈1 in 512 | — | Raymond | 138 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Top 500 First Names in the Philippines (PSA FOI response, tracking. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Raymond is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
From an Old French name, Raimund, of Germanic origin, from ragin ‘advice’, ‘decision’ + mund ‘protector’. This was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them into England. Subsequently it dropped out of use, but was revived in the middle of the roth century, together with several other given names of Old English and Norman origin. Short form: Ray.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Raymond Chandlerb. 1888USAmerican novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
- Louis de Broglieb. 1892FRnot in their usual nameNobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter (1892–1987)
- Georges Pompidoub. 1911FRnot in their usual namePresident of France from 1969 to 1974
- Ray Bradburyb. 1920USnot in their usual nameAmerican author and screenwriter (1920–2012)
- Ray Charlesb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, pianist and songwriter (1930–2004)
- Roman Polanskib. 1933FRnot in their usual nameFrench-Polish filmmaker (born 1933)
- Ray Tomlinsonb. 1941USnot in their usual nameAmerican computer programmer (1941-2016)
- George R. R. Martinb. 1948USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer and television producer (born 1948)
- Raymond Domenechb. 1952FRFrench football manager (born 1952)
- Ray Liottab. 1954USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1954–2022)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 135 sources across 70 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 364K | #135 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 807 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 540 | #135 |
Reference works 8
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Raymond mean, and where does it come from?
- from the Norman male personal name Raimund, Germanic ‘counsel-protection’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- Is Raymond a male or female name?
- Raymond is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Raymond?
- In the etymology graph, Ramon, Raimundo and Raymundo are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Raymond have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 million people named Raymond in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raymond.
- How do you pronounce Raymond?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹeɪmənd/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Raymond?
- In the United States, the national register counted 364,286 people named Raymond in 2020, about 1 in 913 residents.
- How common is Raymond compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Raymond is the 39th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Raymond” — the 39th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.