Raymond is a male
given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and
Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the
Germanic Raginmund or
Reginmund. "Ragin" (
Old German) and "regin" (
Gothic) meant "counsel." The
Old High German "mund" originally meant "hand," but came to mean "protection." This etymology suggests that the name originated in the
Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin; meaning "King of the World".