Rainhard Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Rainhard sits within the Reinhard family of names, which has German roots. The family name meaning is “Counsel-hardy”, the same as for Reinhard.

• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Rainhard writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Reinhard, a typical scribal difference.
• The same family of names includes Rheinhard, Reinard and Reinhart.

Arms associated with the name

There is no single Rainhard family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Want more than a summary? See the Rainhard family name pack.