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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Raymond m. Proto-Germanic *ragin 'counsel, might' + Old Saxon mund, Old High German munt 'hand, protection'.

The name of a 12th C prince of Antioch, a 13th C prince of Antioch, and two 13th C Catalan saints.

Finland
Early Modern Swedish
1548 Råmo (nom) Audén1980 p. 170
France
Latin
1029x1033 Raimundus (nom) CartStPC XII; 1040x1080 Raimundus (nom) StVdM-II 664; 1052 Ragmundi (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 85; 1065x1079 Raimundus (nom) StVdM-II 663; 1067x1086 Ragemundus (nom) CartNDSaintes XIV; 1069 Raimundus (nom) StVdM-II 717; 1094 Raimundi (gen) ibid. 686, Raimundus (nom) ibid. 686; 1115 Raimundus (nom) ibid. 734; 1129 Raimundi (gen) ibid. 735; 1138x1162 Raimundus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 58; 1147 Raimundo (abl) ibid. 19, (dat) CartNDSaintes XXV, Raimundus (nom) ibid. XXV; 1148 Raimundo (abl) ibid. XXIV; 1158 Raimundi (gen) StVdM-II 702, Raimundo (abl) ibid. 702, Raimundum (acc) ibid. 702; a1163 Reimundus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 97; 1164 Reimundus (nom) ibid. 121; 1165 Raymundus (nom) ibid. 126; 1179 Raymundus (nom) ibid. 176; 1273 Raimundi (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 30, Raimundo (abl) ibid. p. 27, Raimundum (acc) ibid. p. 26, Raimundus (nom) ibid. p. 30, Raymundum (acc) ibid. p. 39, Raymundus (nom) ibid. p. 30; 1274 Raimundi (gen) ibid. p. 45, Raimundo (dat) ibid. p. 48, Raymundi (gen) ibid. p. 55, Raymundo (abl) ibid. p. 53, Raymundus (nom) ibid. p. 59; 1275 Raimundi (gen) ibid. p. 42, Raimundus (nom) ibid. p. 42; 1283–86 Ramundi (gen) GasReg-A p. 227, Raymundus (gen) ibid. p. 227; 1287 Raymundus (nom) ibid. p. 74; 1301 Raimondi (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 210, Remundi (gen) ibid. p. 200; 1306 Raymundi (gen) LibSenTou fol. 118; 1310/11 Ramundus (nom) GasReg-A p. 100; 1310 Ramundus (nom) ibid. p. 217; 1310–11 Ramundus (nom) ibid. p. 236, Raymundus (nom) ibid. p. 236; 1318 Raymundi (abl) StVdM-II 700; 1378 Raymundi (gen) hanquetvol1 890, Raymundus (nom) ibid. 890, Remundo (dat) ibid. 1282, Reymundo (dat) ibid. 2287
Old French
1313 Remon Paris1313 p. 105, Remont ibid. p. 32
Middle French
1368 Raymon beauchet-vol1 p. 14, Raymond ibid. p. 13; 1392 Remon MemBret-II col. 605; 1418 Raymon HGParis p. 378, Remon ibid. p. 384; 1421 Raymon favier 1273, Remon ibid. 929; 1423 Raymon ibid. 236; 1438 Remon ibid. 236
1423 Raymondin favier 497
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Reimundi (gen) MunDocIr III, p. 3, Remundus (nom) ibid. III, p. 21
Italy
Latin
1265x1339 Raymondi (gen) BBC-Berg 19; 1376 Raymondi (gen) DouGen1 p. 217
1376 Raymondino (abl) DouGen1 p. 19
Portugal
Latin
1189 Reymondus (nom) PHGCRP-I no. 9; 1211 Reimondi (gen) ibid. no. 6, Riemondi (gen) ibid. no. 6
Spain
Latin
1019 Ramun (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXIV, Reimundo (nom) ibid. MMCLXXIV; 1020 Reimundus (nom) ibid. MMCLXXV; 1145 Raymundus (nom) AnnOPraem-2 col. ccccxxvi; 1487 Raimundum (acc) carbonell p. 14; 1488 Raimundi (gen) ibid. p. 22, Raimundus (nom) ibid. p. 18, Ramon (nom) ibid. p. 22; 1489 Raimundi (gen) ibid. p. 32, Raimundum (acc) ibid. p. 29; 1490 Raimundi (gen) ibid. p. 44; 1491 Raimundi (gen) ibid. p. 60, Raimundus (nom) ibid. p. 59
Catalan
1510 Ramon valencia1510 3184
Switzerland
Latin
1154 Raimundus (nom) CartHaut 5; 1163 Raimundi (gen) ibid. 13, Raimundus (nom) ibid. 13; 1345 Raymondi (gen) Ob-SPVn (253)
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Raymond". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Raymond.