Rainer is a boy's name of German origin meaning “counsel by the gods and army.” In 2024 it was given to 51 boys in the United States.
Rainer belongs to the German tradition. Its meaning — “counsel by the gods and army” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rainer first appears in Social Security records in 1955. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1783 in 1964, and in 2024 51 babies received the name — 1,225 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Rainer means “counsel by the gods and army” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Rainer is a boy name. In 2024, 51 babies received the name in the US.
Rainer comes from the German tradition.
Rainer first appears in US records in 1955. Its best-ever ranking was #1783 in 1964, and 51 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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