Rainer
Rainer is a male name .
meaning
The name Rainer is interpreted as "(divine) council of armies", "army adviser" or "people's adviser" origin from Old High German (ragin = the council, the decision; heri = the army, the warrior); compare also Regina , government .
distribution
At the beginning of the 20th century, the name Rainer was hardly known in Germany. Its popularity rose in the late twenties and took another boost in the late thirties. In the forties and fifties, the name was among the ten most given boy names a few times. After that, its distribution initially decreased somewhat, and sharply decreased in the 1980s.
Surname
Rainer as a surname is particularly common in western Austria and Bavaria . It is one of the widespread names of dwellings in the Bavarian- speaking area , which is derived from the word Rain (as in Feldrain or Neighboring ), i.e. it has a completely different etymological origin than the first name.
variants
- German: Rainer, Reiner , Reinher
- Finnish: Raino, Rauno
- French: Rainier , Renier , Rénier
- Italian: Rainieri , Ranieri , Raniero
- Latin: Raginherus, Reginherus, Reinerus, Reynerus
- Polish: Rajner
- Norwegian: Ragnar
- Portuguese: Rainério
- Swedish: Ragnar , Rainer
- Spanish: Raniero, Rainiero,
- Dutch: Reinier , Reynier
Short forms
- Raik, Reik
Name days
- February 4th : Rainer ( Rabanus Maurus )
- April 11th : Reiner von Osnabrück
- June 17th : Raniero da Pisa
- July 23 : Bl. Rainer
- August 4th : Rainer von Spalato
- November 3rd : Rainer da Borgo
Name bearer
People with first name Rainer
- Rainer (Montferrat) (1084 – around 1136), Margrave of Montferrat
- Rainer von Pisa (around 1100–1160), saint
- Rainer (constable of Tripoli) (before 1125 – after 1160), constable of the County of Tripoli
- Rainer von Spalato († 1180), saint
- Rainer Adrion (* 1953), German soccer player and coach
- Rainer Barzel (1924-2006), German politician (CDU)
- Rainer Basedow (* 1938), German actor and cabaret artist
- Rainer Bielfeldt (* 1964), German singer and composer
- Rainer Bonhof (* 1952), German soccer player
- Rainer Brambach (1917–1983), Swiss poet
- Rainer Brüderle (* 1945), German politician
- Rainer Castor (1961–2015), German science fiction author
- Rainer Dörrzapf (* 1950), German weightlifter
- Rainer Erler (* 1933), German screenwriter and director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982), German director
- Rainer Fetting (* 1949), German painter
- Rainer Forst (* 1964), German philosopher
- Rainer Frank (legal scholar) (* 1938), German legal scholar and university professor
- Rainer Frank (actor) (* 1965), German actor
- Rainer Gassner (* 1958), Liechtenstein luge rider
- Rainer Grießhammer (* 1953), German environmentalist
- Rainer Henkel (* 1964), German swimmer
- Rainer Hunold (* 1949), German actor
- Rainer Kempe (* 1989), German poker player
- Rainer Kirsch (1934–2015), German writer and poet
- Rainer Kraft (soccer coach) (* 1962), German soccer coach
- Rainer Kraft (politician) (* 1974), German chemist and politician (AfD)
- Rainer Leng (* 1966), German medieval historian
- Rainer Nitschke (* 1947), German moderator
- Rainer Offergeld (* 1937), German politician (SPD)
- Rainer Potschak (* 1950) German soccer player
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), Austrian author and poet
- Rainer Sass (* 1954), German presenter and TV chef
- Rainer Thiel (soccer player) (* 1949), German soccer player
- Rainer Thiel (politician) (* 1951), German politician (SPD)
- Rainer Thiel (philologist) (* 1962), German classical philologist
- Rainer von viel (* 1977), German musician and singer
Persons with the family name Rainer
A.
- Adam Rainer (1899–1950), the only person in history to be known as a dwarf and a giant
- Alfred Rainer (politician) (1921–1966), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Alfred Rainer (Nordic Combiner) (1987–2008), Austrian Nordic Combiner
- Alois Rainer (politician, 1921) (1921–2002), German politician (CSU)
- Alois Rainer (politician, 1965) (* 1965), German politician (CSU)
- Alois Rainer (soccer player) (* 1966), Austrian soccer player
- Andreas Rainer (* 1965), Austrian musician, composer and producer
- Arnulf Rainer (* 1929), Austrian painter
C.
- Christian Rainer (* 1961), Austrian journalist
- Christina Rainer (* 1969), Austrian actress
- Christoph Rainer (* 1974), German chef
- Christoph Rainer (film director) (* 1985), Austrian filmmaker and screenwriter
- Cornelia Rainer (* 1982), Austrian theater director and author
D.
- Dachine Rainer (1921-2000), British poet
E.
- Eduard Rainer (1914–1936), Austrian mountaineer
- Ernst Rainer (* 1969), Austrian engineer and architect
F.
- Friedrich Rainer (1903-1947), Austrian politician (NSDAP)
- Fritz Rainer (* before 1967), Austrian musician, composer and arranger
G
- Gerhard Rainer (* 1961), Austrian bobsleigh driver and trainer
- Gregor Rainer († 1522), imperial prelate and provost of the Berchtesgaden monastery and thus regent of the Berchtesgadener Land
- Günter Rainer (* 1941), German actor, director and radio play speaker
H
- Hans Rainer-Wenky (1906–1987), Austrian actor
- Helmut Rainer (* 1953), Austrian graphic artist
- Hermann Rainer (1896–1983), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
J
- Johann Rainer (industrialist) (1782–1859), Austrian lead industrialist with factories in Carinthia
- Johann Rainer (politician) (1892–1974), Austrian politician (CSP / ÖVP), member of the Salzburg state parliament
- Johann Rainer (historian) (1923–2015), Austrian historian
- Johannes Michael Rainer (* 1956), Austrian legal scholar
- Josef Rainer (politician, 1861) (1861–1941), Austrian politician (CSP), member of the Salzburg state parliament
- Josef Rainer (politician, 1881) (1881–1962), Austrian politician, member of the Styrian state parliament
- Josef Rainer von Harbach (1804–1870), Austrian landowner and composer
K
- Karl Rainer (1901–1987), Austrian football player
- Karl Rainer (painter) (1910–1999), German painter, industrial graphic artist and art teacher
L.
- Leon Rainer (* 1942), German voice actor
- Leonie Rainer (* 1989), German actress
- Louis Rainer (1885–1963), Austrian-Italian-German actor
- Luise Rainer (1910–2014), German actress
M.
- Maren Rainer (* 1983), German voice actress
- Margrit Rainer (1914–1982), Swiss actress
- Marc-Luis Rainer (* 1999), Austrian Nordic combined athlete
- Maria-Luise Rainer (* 1959), Italian toboggan runner
- Martin Rainer (sculptor) († 2012), Italian sculptor
- Martin Rainer (soccer player) (* 1977), Austrian soccer player
- Matthias Rainer (* 1983), Italian natural track tobogganer
N
- Niklas Rainer (* 1983), Swedish ski racer
P
- Paul Rainer (theologian) (1936–2015), Italian theologian and priest
- Peter Rainer (film critic) (* 1951), film critic and screenwriter
- Peter Rainer (violinist) (* 1970), German violinist
- Peter Paul Rainer (poet) (also Paul Rainer ; 1885–1938), Austrian poet and writer
- Peter Paul Rainer (politician) (* 1967), Italian politician
R.
- Reinhold Rainer (* 1973), Italian luge rider
- Roland Rainer (1910–2004), Austrian architect
S.
- Sonik Rainer , German actress and voice actress
- Susanne Wasum-Rainer (* 1956), German diplomat
T
- Thomas Rainer (garden architect) , American garden architect and author
- Thomas Rainer (art historian) (* 1973), Austrian art historian and publicist
- Thomas Rainer (musician) (* 1979), Austrian musician
V
- Virgil Rainer (1871–1948), Austrian sculptor
W.
- Wali Rainer (* 1977), American football player
- Wolfgang Rainer (* 1959), Austrian politician (SPÖ), member of the Salzburg state parliament
Y
- Yvonne Rainer (* 1934), American choreographer and filmmaker
See also
swell
- ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"
- ↑ Graphic representation of the name distribution in Austria ( memento of the original from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Graphic representation of the distribution of names in Germany
- ↑ Rada języka Polskiego : Aneks do obowiązującego wykazu Imion. In: rjp.pan.pl. 2007, Retrieved November 16, 2012 (Polish).
