Reineke Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Search old registers for Reineke and you will soon meet Rein too. In origin, the name means “A descendant of Ragino, a pet form of names with Ragin, counsel”.

Spelling and variants

With the diminutive -ke, Reineke is a pet form of Rein that became a surname in its own right.

The 2010 US Census counted 1,532 people named Reineke, ranking it number 18,166 among American surnames. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames.

Reineke coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Reineke, so the heraldry linked to Rein is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Reineke report, with a museum-style coat of arms.