Meaning of the nameRainer

Rainer is a male name of Germanic origin, from Old High German Reginheri, formed from elements meaning 'power' or 'counsel' and 'army'.

Meaning

“Germanic name formed from elements meaning 'power' (or 'counsel') and 'army'”

Source: Wiktionary: Reginheri · Wiktionary: Rainer

People (2022): 1,793
Rank in Brazil: #5,521
Median age: 27 years
2010 Census: 1,813; people

Rainer in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rainer, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (487 people).

66 women 1,727 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rainer is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rainer in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amazonas 0.004%
Espírito Santo 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
Pará 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	303	0.002%
São Paulo	254	0.001%
Amazonas	160	0.004%
Goiás	134	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	113	0.001%
Espírito Santo	112	0.003%
Pará	101	0.001%
Bahia	95	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	86	0.001%
Santa Catarina	79	0.001%
Paraná	61	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	43	0.002%
Mato Grosso	39	0.001%
Ceará	32	0.000%
Pernambuco	24	0.000%
Maranhão	24	0.000%
Roraima	24	0.004%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Piauí	17	0.001%
Tocantins	17	0.001%
Rondônia	16	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Rainer

Rainer comes from Old High German Reginheri, a name used in the eighth and ninth centuries and formed from regin and heri. Wiktionary gives regin the sense of 'power' in Reginheri and of 'counsel' in the entry for Rainer, and Behind the Name also translates it as 'counsel'; heri is 'army'. Behind the Name treats Rainer as the German form of Rayner, an English surname that it links to the same Germanic name Raginheri. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,793 people named Rainer. It is almost always male.

It is the German form of the name and the most common spelling in the group.

Other spellings of Rainer

Spelling	People (2022)
Rainer	1,793
Rayner	1,305

Sources

Wiktionary: Reginheri · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Rainer · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Rainer · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Rayner · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Rainer

What does the name Rainer mean?

Rainer means “Germanic name formed from elements meaning 'power' (or 'counsel') and 'army'”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Rainer in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,793 people with the first name Rainer, which ranks it number 5,521 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Rainer a boy's or a girl's name?

Rainer is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 66 women and 1,727 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rainer?

Rainer is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rainer most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.004% of the state's population is named Rainer (160 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rainer?

Rayner. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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