How To Pronounce Raymond

In British English, Raymond is pronounced /ˈreɪ.mənd/. The narrow phonetic transcription is [ˈreɪ.mə̃nd̚]. In American English, it is pronounced /ˈreɪ.mənd/.

Raymond has two syllables, and the main stress falls on the first syllable. British and American speakers say it the same way.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.