Meaning of the nameRayner

Rayner is a spelling of the name Rainer, which means “Germanic name formed from elements meaning 'power' (or 'counsel') and 'army'”.

Meaning

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

Meaning of the name Rainer, of which Rayner is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Reginheri · Wiktionary: Rainer

People (2022): 1,305
Rank in Brazil: #6,923
Median age: 21 years
2010 Census: 784; people

Rayner in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rayner, 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 (386 people).

27 women 1,278 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 Rayner is most common

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

Espírito Santo 0.005%
Amazonas 0.003%
Goiás 0.002%
Minas Gerais 0.002%
São Paulo 0.000%

All states

State	People	% of population
Minas Gerais	298	0.002%
Espírito Santo	181	0.005%
Amazonas	118	0.003%
Goiás	112	0.002%
São Paulo	111	0.000%
Rio de Janeiro	60	0.000%
Pará	48	0.001%
Bahia	41	0.000%
Paraná	33	0.000%
Ceará	32	0.000%
Mato Grosso do Sul	31	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	30	0.000%
Maranhão	27	0.000%
Mato Grosso	21	0.001%
Distrito Federal	21	0.001%
Tocantins	21	0.001%
Pernambuco	18	0.000%
Santa Catarina	16	0.000%

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

The spelling Rayner

Written with Y, like the English surname Rayner, which Behind the Name links to the same Germanic name Raginheri; it has 1,305 people in the 2022 Census.

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.

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 Rayner

What does the name Rayner mean?

Rayner means “Germanic name formed from elements meaning 'power' (or 'counsel') and 'army'”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Rainer, of which Rayner is a spelling.

How many people are named Rayner in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,305 people with the first name Rayner, which ranks it number 6,923 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Rayner is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 27 women and 1,278 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Rayner?

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

In which Brazilian state is Rayner most common?

Proportionally, in Espírito Santo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Rayner (181 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rayner?

Rainer. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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