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Meaning & Origins
From an Old French name, Raimund, of Germanic origin, from ragin ‘advice, decision’ + mund ‘protector’. This was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to Britain. Subsequently it dropped out of use, but was revived in the middle of the 19th century, together with several other given names of Old English and Norman origin.
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Romanian and Italian: from the personal name Cosma (from Latin Cosmas, Greek Kosmas, a derivative of kosmos ‘order’, ‘arrangement’, ‘ordered universe’). St. Cosmas was martyred together with his brother Damian in Cilicia in the early 4th century AD. Together, they came to be widely revered as patron saints of doctors. See also Damian.
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Nicknames & variations
Ray, Raymand, Raymund, Rayymond, Rayy, Raymend
Cosme, Cosman, Cosmo, Cesna, Casmey, Cisney, Cosmas, Cosmos, Cosmano, Cisne
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