Proper noun

1. .

Quotations

• 1886 Mary Elizabeth Braddon: Belgravia Magazine. Item notes:V.60.(July-Oct.1886) page 94:

  An uncle of mine whose name was Cecil Jeffery Courtenay obtained a post of great emolument simply by virtue of his 'pretty' name. Mine, I think, is quite as effective, though it depends upon but one Christian name, Raymond. I am Raymond Courtenay.

• 1933 Eleanor Farjeon, Over the Garden Wall,Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")

  What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word, / And Raymond like the Harvest Moon,

• 2006 Janette McCarthy: Hanging on a String: ISBN 0758215819 page 141:

  I thought the name Raymond sounded respectable. Good name for a lawyer.

Proper noun

1. , cognate to English Raymond.

Proper noun

1. borrowed from and in the end of the 19th century.

Proper noun

1. borrowed from and in the end of the 19th century.