Raymond

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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 (mostly Spanish) 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 Raul.

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

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[edit] Historical

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

Raymond is the name of two counts of Tripoli during the Middle Ages:

  • Raymond of Antioch also known as Raymond of Poitiers (1099–1149) was prince of Antioch between 1136 to 1149

[edit] Entertainment

  • Everybody Loves Raymond, a long-running American television sitcom
  • Usher Raymond (born 1978), musician
  • Paul Raymond (born 1925), English pornographer, and owner of Raymond Revuebars and several English erotic magazines such as Razzle
  • Lord Raymond is the hero of Mary Shelley's The Last Man. Raymond has been used as an alternative title for the book
  • Raymond Babbit is the autistic savant in the movie "Rain Man"
  • Raymond Prentiss Shaw is one of the main characters in the "Manchurian Candidate".
  • Raymond & Maria is a Swedish pop group

[edit] Ranching


Raymond Sessley was a magor drug dealer

[edit] Placenames

Raymond is the name of a commune in France:

  • Raymond, Cher, in the Cher département

Raymond is the name of some places in the United States of America and Canada:

  • Philippines
    • Raymond, QC

[edit] Company

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