Rein - Meaning of Rein

What does Rein mean?

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Rein

[ 1 syll. rei(n), re-in ] The baby boy name Rein is also used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is REYN †. Rein is used predominantly in the German language and its origin is Germanic. The first name is derived as a diminutive of other German names starting with 'Rein-', from the element 'ragin' (meaning counsel, advice). The name Raina (Slavic, Czech, English, German, Polish, and Russian) is the female version of Rein.

The name Reine (Scandinavian) and the name Rien (Dutch) are variants of Rein.

See also the related categories, element and german.

Rein is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Rein include Raighne, Rain, Raine, Reign, Rahm, Rahn, Ram, Rame, Ramm, Ran, Rayaun, Ream, Reame, Reem, Reine, Reiny, Rem, Ren, Renn, and Renne.

† English pronunciation for Rein: R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"