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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: from Middle English more ‘moor’, ‘marsh’, ‘fen’, ‘area of uncultivated land’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place or a habitational name from any of the various places named with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
| 14th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Raymond, Raymand, Raymund, Rayymond, Rayy, Raymend
Morrow, Mohr, Moorman, Moorehead, Moorer, Moorhead, Moores, Moor, Mowry, Moorefield
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