Rayner - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Rayner \ra(y)-ner\ is a variant of Ragnar (Old Norse), Rainer (Old German) and Raynor (Old German), and the meaning of Rayner is "judgment warrior; deciding warrior".

The baby name Rayner sounds like Raynier and Raynar. Other similar baby names are Dayner, Gayner, Raynes, Rayne and Rayder.

Rayner is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#6424 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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