Reiner

Where Reiner comes from

Borrowed from German Reiner. Doublet of Rayner.
— Wiktionary's entry for Reiner
  • German
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1955
    First appearance
    #3,505 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Peak, #2,706
    10 babies named Reiner — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,048.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German.
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.