Rainer
♂French boy's name
At a glance
| Gender | Masculine |
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Origin and meaning
Variant of Rayner, a patronymic surname from a medieval given name from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“counsel by the gods”) + *harjaz (“army”). Also borrowed from modern German.
Where it is mostly given
- East Frisia
- Germany
- Austria
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Estonia
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