Rainey

Where Rainey comes from

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rainey
  • Vowel-ended
Rainey through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,618 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2022
    Peak, #2,123
    90 babies named Rainey, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.