The Rain Family Name

Ask a genealogist about Rain and the first name they will mention is Rein. In origin, the name means “A descendant of Ragino, a pet form of names with Ragin, counsel”. Rain writes “a” in place of the “e” found in Rein, a common scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Rain ranked 26,630 in the 2010 US Census, with 915 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 205 births in France were registered under Rain. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Rein surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Rain report, with a museum-style coat of arms.