Raymond

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

English and French form of Raimund

Related Names

See Raginmund

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Raymond
Genitive:	Raymonds

- Finnish
Nominative:	Raymond
Genitive:	Raymondin
Partitive:	Raymondia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Raymond
Genitive:	Raymonds

- Swedish
Nominative:	Raymond
Genitive:	Raymonds

Name Day

Norway

3 November

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark:
  • 13th century
• Sweden:
  • 1873 (Göteborg, Västergötland)
  • 1884
• Norway:
  • ca 1890

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark:
  • 1920-1929
  • 1940-1949
• Sweden:
  • 1930-1969
  • 1940-1949
  • 1960-1969
• Norway:
  • 1975-1985

Predominant Regional Usage

• Norway:
  • Nord-Noreg
  • Østfold
• Denmark:
  • Bornholm
  • Sjælland
  • Østjylland
• Sweden:
  • Västsverige
  • Östsverige

Namesakes

• Raymond Johansen (born 14 February 1961), Norwegian politician
• Raymond Kvisvik (born 8 November 1974), Norwegian footballer

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 1601 people were named Raymond (percentage of first or only given name: 21 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		905	2310	0	14	905	2296
Finland		n.a.	746	0	0	n.a.	746
Denmark		206	n.a.	0	n.a.	206	n.a.
Iceland		8	13	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		2953	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2953	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend