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Meaning & Origins
Short form of Raymond, now also used as an independent given name, especially in North America. In some instances it may represent a transferred use of the surname Ray, which for the most part originated as a nickname, from Old French rei, roi ‘king’ (compare Roy and Leroy).
| 280th in the U.S. for 2011 |
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.
| 17th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Raymond, Raymand, Raymund, Rayymond, Rayy, Raymend
Jack, Jackman, Jacks, Jackie, Jackowski, Jacklin, Jacko, Jackel, Jacka, Jacky
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