The Rainer Family Name

Rainer is a branch of the Reiner name tree. Read literally, Rainer points to “A descendant of Raginhari, counsel and army”.

• Rainer writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Reiner, a typical scribal difference.
• Other spellings include Reinier, Reiners and Reinders.
• Rainer sounds close to Ranieri, so it can help to search both.
• Rainer ranked 9,255 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,518 people answering to the name.

Heraldry and the Rainer name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Rainer, so the heraldry linked to Reiner is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Rainer surname pack.