Raymond Griffin

Raymond "Ray" Griffin is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic Raginmund or Reginmund. "Ragin" (Old German) and "regin" (Gothic) meant "counsel." The Old High German "mund" originally meant "hand," but came to mean "protection." This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages.

Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Britain appeared in 1086, during the reign of William the Conqueror, in the Domesday Book, with a reference to Giraldus Reimundus.

The most commonly used names for baby boys based on "ragin" in 2009 were, in descending order, Raymond, Ramiro, Rayner, Rein, Reingard, Reynard, and Reynold. Its many other variants include Raiment, Raimo, Raimond, Raimondi, Raimondo, Raimund, Raimundo, Ramon, Ramón, Ramond, Ramondelli, Ramondenc, Ramondi, Ramondini, Ramondino, Ramondo, Ramondou, Ramonenc, Ramonic, Ramundi, Rayment, Raymonenc, Raymonencq, Raymont, Raymund, Redmond, Redmonds, Reim, Reimund, Reinmund, Rémon, Rémond, Remondeau, Remondon, Rémont, Reymond, Rimondi, and Rimondini.

Historical
Aristocracy:
 * Raymond I, Count of Toulouse (died 865)
 * Raymond II, Count of Toulouse (died 924)
 * Raymond III, Count of Toulouse (died 978)
 * Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (c. 1041 or 1042–1105)
 * Raymond V, Count of Toulouse (1134–1198)
 * Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156–1222)
 * Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197–1249)
 * Raymond II of Tripoli (c. 1115–1152), Count of Tripoli from 1137 to 1152
 * Raymond III of Tripoli (c. 1142–1187), Count of Tripoli from 1152 to 1187
 * Raymond-Roupen (died 1219), Prince of Antioch
 * Raymond of Poitiers (c. 1115–1149), Prince of Antioch
 * Raymond Roger Trencavel (1185–1209)
 * Raymond of Burgundy (1070–1107), married to Queen Urraca of Castile

Saints:
 * Raymond of Penyafort (c. 1175–1275), medieval canon lawyer
 * Raymond Nonnatus (1204–1240), ransomer of hostages

Chronicler
 * Raymond of Aguilers (1096–1099), chronicler of the First Crusade

Surname

 * Alex Raymond, comic strip artist
 * Alfred John Raymond, mayor of Brisbane
 * Allen Raymond, American political consultant
 * Antonin Raymond (1888–1976), Czech architect
 * Edward Burleson Raymond, foreman of the King Ranch and founder of Raymondville, Texas
 * Eric S. Raymond, computer programmer
 * Eugene Raymond, South African military commander
 * Gary Raymond, British actor
 * Harold "Tubby" Raymond, American college football coach
 * Harry Raymond, English footballer
 * Henry Jarvis Raymond, American journalist and politician; founder of The New York Times
 * Jade Raymond (born 1974), Canadian video game producer and television personality
 * Janice Raymond (model)
 * Jonathan Raymond, American writer
 * Lee Raymond, CEO of ExxonMobil, 1999–2005
 * Lisa Raymond, American professional tennis player
 * Mason Raymond, Canadian National Hockey League player
 * Nathaniel Raymond, human rights investigator and anti-torture advocate
 * Paul Raymond (publisher) (1925–2008), English pornographer
 * Richard Raymond (pianist)
 * Richard Raymond (Texas politician)
 * Suze Raymond, Australian television presenter
 * Thomas Lynch Raymond, mayor of Newark, New Jersey
 * Tito Raymond, American bodybuilder
 * Usher (entertainer) (born Usher Raymond, 1978), musician

Given name

 * Raymond Berry (born 1933), American former football player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
 * Raymond Bessone (1911–1992), British celebrity hairdresser known as 'Mr Teasy-Weasy'
 * Raymond Blanc (born 1949), French chef
 * Ray Bolger (born 1904), an American entertainer of stage and screen
 * Raymond Briggs (born 1934), English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author
 * Raymond Leo Burke, American prelate in the Roman Catholic Church
 * Raymond Burr (1917–1993), Canadian actor
 * Ray Carver (1938–1988), American short story writer and poet
 * Raymond Cattell (1905–1998), psychologist
 * Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), American writer
 * Raymond Davis, Jr. (1914–2006), chemist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics
 * Raymond Domenech (born 1952), French former football and national team manager
 * Raymond E. Feist (born 1945), American writer, primarily of fantasy
 * Raymond Ch'ien Kuo Fung (錢果豐，born 1952), a president of MTR and chairman of Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong
 * Raymond Gutierrez, Filipino host
 * Raymond Ho (何鍾泰，born 1939), a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco)
 * Raymond Kelly (born 1941), Commissioner of the New York Police Department
 * Raymond van de Klundert, also known as Ray Kluun (born 1964), Dutch novelist
 * Ray Kurzweil (born 1948), American author, inventor, and futurist
 * Raymond Lahey (born 1940), former bishop of the diocese of Antigonish
 * Raymond Lam (林峯，born 1979), Hong Kong singer and actor
 * Raymond Loewy (1893–1986), industrial designer
 * Raymond Massey (1896–1983), Canadian actor
 * Raymond McCreesh, Irish republican hunger striker who died in 1981
 * Raymond Murray (born 1913), US Marine Corps officer
 * Raymond Pettibon (born 1957), American artist
 * Raymond Queneau (1903–1976), French poet and novelist
 * Raymond Scott (1908–1994), American composer, band leader, pianist, engineer, recording studio maverick, and inventor
 * Raymond Smullyan (born 1919), American mathematician, concert pianist, logician, Taoist philosopher, and magician
 * Raymond Washington (1953–1979), founder of the notorious street gang the Crips
 * Raymond Williams (1921–1988), Welsh academic, novelist and critic
 * Raymond Wong (born 1948), Hong Kong actor and film producer
 * Raymond Wong (born 1975), Hong Kong actor

Fictional characters

 * Raymond Barone, main character in the television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond
 * Raymond Cocteau, mayor/governor/dictator of San Angeles in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
 * Raymond Stantz, main character in the film Ghostbusters
 * Mondo Browne (Raymond Browne), African-American killer in the HBO drama series Oz
 * Dolphus Raymond, in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee