Rayner
m.
Proto-Germanic *ragin 'counsel, might' + Old English here, Old High German heri 'host, army'.
The name of an 11th C Italian saint and two 14th C princes of Monaco.
Withycombe s.n. Rayner notes that the Old English cognate Regenhere was "not much used".
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Renerus (nom) JeanIII p. 19,
Reynerus (nom) ibid. p. 17
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Reiner (nom) GASurv p. 172
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1436 Reiner BbRT p. 358
- France
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- Latin
- ● 10thC Rainerii (gen) St-Bernard-Romans no. 114;
c11thC Rainerio (abl) ibid. no. 91;
11thC Ranerio (abl) ibid. no. 112;
1029x1033 Rainerus (nom) CartStPC XII;
1030 Rainerius (nom) StVdM-II 713;
1082x1087 Rainerius (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 120;
1101x1129 Rainerius (nom) CartStPC XXII,
Renerius (nom) ibid. XXII;
a1114 Rainerius (nom) ibid. XXXI;
1131 Rainerius (nom) CartNDSaintes XXIII;
1135 Rainerius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1138x1148 Rainerus (nom) ibid. 21;
1143x1146 Rainerius (nom) ibid. 12;
1147 Rainerii (nom) ibid. 15,
Rainerio (abl) ibid. 14,
Rainerius (nom) ibid. 14;
1147x1153 Rainerius (nom) ibid. 26;
1147x1162 Rainerius (nom) ibid. 42,
Raynerius (nom) ibid. 45;
1158 Reinerius (nom) ibid. 33;
1162 Raineri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp LXIII;
1163 Renerii (gen) clairvaux-12thc 99;
1163–64 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 106;
1164 Reinerii (gen) ibid. 120,
Reinerus (nom) ibid. 120;
1180 Reineri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXLVII,
Reinero (abl) RotScaNor p. 28,
Reinerus (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1190 Renerus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CIII;
1205 Reneri (gen) ibid. LXXXV;
1219 Reynerius (nom) CartAub;
1258 Renerus (nom) ArrestReg-volI XXVI, Candlemas;
1301 Reneri (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 199;
1304 Reneri (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXXXVI;
1378 Reneri (gen) hanquetvol1 180,
Renerii (gen) ibid. 773,
Renerio (dat) ibid. 196,
Renero (dat) ibid. 812,
Reyneri (gen) ibid. 177,
Reynerio (dat) ibid. 1570,
Reynero (dat) ibid. 109;
1579 Renierum (acc) FlorLyon p. 39;
1585 Renierio (dat) ibid. p. 40
- Old French
- ● 1296 Renier paris1296 p. 14;
1301 Renier (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 234,
Reniers (nom) ibid. p. 276;
1313 Renier Paris1313 p. 10
- Middle French
- ● 1388 Regnier thierry;
1392 Regnier MemBret-II col. 612;
1421 Regnier favier 332;
1579 Reinery FlorLyon p. 40
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Raginheri (nom) TradCorb §171;
1086 Reinerus (nom) quix-vol1 61;
1108 Reinero (abl) ibid. 85;
1173 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 81;
1180 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 34;
1189 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 82;
1192 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 40;
1196 Reinero (abl) ibid. 68;
1197 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 83;
1206 Reinero (abl) ibid. 70,
Reinerus (nom) ibid. 70;
1216 Rainerius (nom) hennes-vol1 25,
Ranerii (gen) ibid. 25;
1219 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 42;
1249 Reinerus (nom) ibid. 131;
1401 Renero (dat) HD1401 no. 134
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1220 Rainerus (nom) hennes-vol1 49;
1265x1339 Rayneri (gen) BBC-Berg 246;
1285 Ranerii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154;
1527 Rainerius (nom) Rome1527 p. 84
- ◑ 1285 Ranutii (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154;
1326 Rayneroti (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 437
Cite as: G. Grim, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Rayner". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Rayner.