"Rainer" meaning in English

See Rainer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ker-}}, {{inh|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rainer
  1. An English and American surname transferred from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Rainer-en-name--0VjJT6~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with 4 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 25 30 34 7 4
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