Given name
Raynelle
“son of grace”
Raynelle is a variant of Rae. One Scottish interpretation is “son of grace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Raynelle is a variant of Rae. One Scottish interpretation is “son of grace.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raynelle through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 226
- 0 boys · 226 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2002. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 295 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.
Raynelle’s family of names
Raynelle has a related form in Rae.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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