Given name & surname
Reinier
“the decisive warrior”
Reinier is a variant of Raynor. One German interpretation is “the decisive warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reinier is a variant of Raynor. One German interpretation is “the decisive warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reinier is a variant of Raynor. An origin associated with Raynor is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Middle Dutch Reynier, from Old French Reinier, from Proto-West Germanic *Raginahari, from Proto-Germanic *Raginaharjaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reinier through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 44 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,456 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,456 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 941 as a first name in 2020; 466 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reinier’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Reinier has a conventional equivalent in the German form Rainer. In Dutch usage, Reinier has a related form in REYNIER. In Dutch usage, Reinier has a conventional equivalent in the German form Reiner.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reinier
- Reinier JesusBrazilian association football playerborn 2002
- Regnier de GraafDutch physician (1641-1673)
- Reinier BeeuwkesDutch footballer (1884-1963)
- Reinier Noomspainter (c.1623-1664)
- Reinier HonigDutch cyclistborn 1983
- Reinier de RidderDutch mixed martial arts (MMA) fighterborn 1990
- Reinier AlcántaraCuban football playerborn 1982
- Reinier Craeyvanger19th-century Dutch painter (1812–1880)
- Reinier KreijermaatDutch footballer (1935-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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