Given name
Raymonde
“one who offers wise protection”·“a wise protector”
Raymonde is a feminine form of Raymond. One German interpretation is “a wise protector.”
Original GermanRamona
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Raymonde carries the interpretation “one who offers wise protection.” Raymonde is a feminine form of Raymond. One German interpretation is “a wise protector.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
Raymonde is used as a feminine counterpart of Raymond.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raymonde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 0 boys · 97 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,069 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Raymonde’s family of names
Raymonde is a feminine form of Raymond. In French usage, Raymonde has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ramona. Raymonde has a related form in Raymunda.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Raymonde
- Raymonde AllainFrench model and actress (1912–2008)
- Raymonde VincentFrench writer (1908–1985)
- Raymonde VergauwenDutch-Belgian swimmer1928–2018
- Raymonde PeschardAlgerian revolutionary1927–1957
- Raymonde DienFrench communist activist (1929–2022)
- Raymonde VerlindenBelgian archer1945–2003
- Raymonde TillonFrench politician (1915-2016)
- Raymonde NaigreOlympic sprinterborn 1960
- Raymonde GagnéCanadian politicianborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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