Meaning of the nameRaymundo

Male
Germanic origin
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Raymundo is a spelling of the name Raimundo, which means “counsel and protection”.

Meaning

“counsel and protection”

Meaning of the name Raimundo, of which Raymundo is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Raimundo · Behind the Name: Raymond

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People (2022): 1,718
Rank in Brazil: #5,688
Median age: 68 years
2010 Census: 1,893; people

Raymundo in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Raymundo, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (417 people).

0 women 1,713 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Raymundo is most common

States with the highest share of people named Raymundo in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.002%
Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
Pará 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	328	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	259	0.002%
São Paulo	245	0.001%
Minas Gerais	244	0.001%
Pará	109	0.001%
Amazonas	55	0.001%
Paraná	53	0.001%
Pernambuco	49	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	48	0.000%
Ceará	40	0.001%
Distrito Federal	37	0.001%
Espírito Santo	35	0.001%
Maranhão	34	0.001%
Goiás	34	0.001%
Santa Catarina	25	0.000%
Sergipe	25	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	21	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Raymundo

The spelling with Y in place of I, which Wiktionary records as a variant of Raimundo; it gathers mostly people born before the 1980s.

About the name Raimundo

Wiktionary derives Raimundo from Old Galician-Portuguese Reimundo, Old French Raimund and Frankish *Raginmund, which combines 'counsel' and 'protection'; Reimundo and Reymundo appear as archaic forms. Behind the Name gives the same pair of elements for Raymond, of which Raimundo is the Spanish and Portuguese form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 497,619 people named Raimundo, with a median age of 56. Proportionally, the name is most common in Maranhão.

Other spellings of Raimundo

Spelling	People (2022)
Raimundo	497,619
Raymundo	1,718

Sources

Wiktionary: Raimundo · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Raymond · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Raimundo · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Raymundo · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Raymundo

What does the name Raymundo mean?

Raymundo means “counsel and protection”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Raimundo, of which Raymundo is a spelling.

How many people are named Raymundo in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,718 people with the first name Raymundo, which ranks it number 5,688 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Raymundo a boy's or a girl's name?

Raymundo is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,713 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Raymundo?

Raymundo is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Raymundo most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Raymundo (328 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Raymundo?

Raimundo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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