Rainer - Meaning of Rainer

What does Rainer mean?

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Rainer

[ 2 syll. rai-ner, ra-in-er ] The baby boy name Rainer is pronounced as RIYN-er †. Rainer is of Germanic origin, and it is used mainly in English and German. Rainer is a variant of Rayner (English and German).

Reiner (English and German spelling variant) is a form of the name.

See also the related categories, english and german.

Rainer is not widely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Rainer include Reaner, Reener, Rener, Riener, Raimar, Raimer, Rainier, Rameer, Rameir, Ramere, Rameyro, Ranjar, Rayner, Raynor, Reimar, Reimer, Reiner, Reinmar, Remmer, and Reyner.

† Pronunciation for Rainer: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"

A famous person named Rainer is Poet Rainer Maria Rilke, born 4 December 1875 - 29 December 1926, Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary.