Gender Masculine
Usage English (Archaic)
Meaning & History
From the Germanic name Raginheri, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel, decision" and heri "army" [1] [2] [3] [4] . Saint Rainerius was a 12th-century hermit from Pisa. The Normans brought this name to England where it came into general use, though it was rare by the end of the Middle Ages.
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesReinier (Dutch) Ragnar, Rain (Estonian) Ragnar (Faroese) Rainier (French) Reinder (Frisian) Rainer, Reiner (German) Raginheri, Rainer, Reiner (Germanic) Ragnar (Icelandic) Raniero, Nero (Italian) Reneer, Neer (Limburgish) Ragnar (Norwegian) Raginaharjaz (Old Germanic) Ragnarr (Old Norse) Rainerio (Spanish) Ragnar (Swedish)
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Sources & References
- Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1231.
- Cleasby, Richard and Gudbrand Vigfusson. An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874), entry regin, available from https://old-norse.net/html/r.php#regin.
- Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry *regin, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
- Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry heri, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
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Entry updated May 26, 2026