Rainey

English

Alternative forms

• Rainy, Raney, Rannie, Rany, Raynie, Reaney, Reany, Rennie, Renny.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.

Proper noun

Rainey (plural Raineys)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. A female given name

   Rainey Qualley, b. 1989

Derived terms

• Rainey's corpuscle

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rainey is the 1545^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23291 individuals. Rainey is most common among White (63.18%) and Black/African American (31.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rainey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Yerian