Given name & surname
Raini
“one who is helpful; generous”
Raini is a variant of Rainey. One German interpretation is “one who is helpful; generous.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raini is a variant of Rainey. One German interpretation is “one who is helpful; generous.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Raini is a variant of Rainey. An origin associated with Rainey is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 580
- 53 boys · 527 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,327 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,327 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 521 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Raini
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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