EDMAO male Limburgish Limburgish form of EDMUND. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Edmond. | ||||||||||||||||||||
EDMUND male English, German, Polish From the Old English elements ead "wealth, fortune" and mund "protection". This was the name of two Anglo-Saxon kings of England. It was also borne by two saints, including a 9th-century king of East Anglia who, according to tradition, was shot to death with arrows after refusing to divide his Christian kingdom with an invading pagan Danish leader. This Old English name remained in use after the Norman conquest (even being used by king Henry III for one of his sons), though it became less common after the 15th century.Famous bearers of the name include the English poet Edmund Spenser (1552-1599), the German-Czech philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938) and New Zealand mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the first person to climb Mount Everest. | ||||||||||||||||||||
REMAO male Limburgish Limburgish form of RAYMOND. Its spelling has been influenced by the French pronunciation of Raymond. | ||||||||||||||||||||
RAYMOND male English, French From the Germanic name Raginmund, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and mund "protector". The Normans introduced this name to England in the form Reimund. It was borne by several medieval (mostly Spanish) saints, including Saint Raymond Nonnatus, the patron of midwives and expectant mothers, and Saint Raymond of Peñafort, the patron of canonists. |
FULL FORMS |
LIMBURGISH: Edmao, Remao |
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Raginmund, Raimund |
ANGLO-SAXON: Eadmund |
BASQUE: Erramun |
CATALAN: Ramon |
ENGLISH: Ed, Eddie, Eddy, Edmund, Ned, Ray, Raymond, Raymund |
FINNISH: Raimo, Reima |
FRENCH: Edmé, Edmond, Raymond |
GERMAN: Edmund, Raimund, Reimund |
HUNGARIAN: Ödi, Ödön |
IRISH: Éamon, Eamon, Éamonn, Réamann, Redmond, Redmund |
ITALIAN: Edmondo, Raimondo |
LATVIAN: Raimonds |
LITHUANIAN: Raimondas |
POLISH: Edmund, Rajmund |
PORTUGUESE (BRAZILIAN): Raymundo |
PORTUGUESE: Edmundo, Raimundo |
SLOVENE: Rajmund |
SPANISH: Edmundo, Raimundo, Ramón, Raymundo |
FEMININE FORMS |
ENGLISH: Rae, Raelene, Raelyn, Ramona, Raylene |
FRENCH: Edmée, Raymonde |
GERMAN: Raimunde |
ITALIAN: Edmonda, Raimonda |
ROMANIAN: Ramona |
SPANISH: Ramona |
OTHER FORMS |
VARIOUS: Monet |