Gender:
Origin:
German
979 famous people named Rainer found on Wikipedia.
950 male, 10 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
2453-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
1726-th in year 1964
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, German
Rainer is the German form of the Germanic name Raginheri (Scandinavian Ragnar), composed of the two elements ragin ("advice") and heri ("army"). Other variants of the name include Dutch Reinier, French Rainier, Spanish and Italian Raniero.
Wise army, strong counselor.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rainer Maria Rilke | 1875 | Austrian poet and writer |
| 2 | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 1945 | German film director, screenwriter, and actor |
| 3 | Adam Rainer | 1899 | One of the only people to be named dwarf, then giant. |
| 4 | Luise Rainer | 1910 | German-born Austrian and American film actress |
| 5 | Rainer Mausfeld | 1949 | German psychologist and university teacher |
| 6 | Rainer Voss | 1959 | German investment banker |
| 7 | Rainer Sass | 1954 | German television presenter and cook |
| 8 | Rainer Bock | 1954 | German actor |
| 9 | Yvonne Rainer | 1934 | American artist |
| 10 | Christina Rainer | 1969 | German actress |
| 11 | Rainer Weiss | 1932 | American scientist |
| 12 | Rainer Schüttler | 1976 | German tennis player |
| 13 | Rainer Pariasek | 1964 | Austrian television presenter and news presenter |
| 14 | Rainer Sellien | 1963 | German actor |
| 15 | Rainer Niemeyer | 1955 | German handball player |
| 16 | Rainer Hersch | 1962 | British comedian and musician |
| 17 | Rainer Bonhof | 1952 | German footballer |
| 18 | Rainer Holbe | 1940 | German television presenter, journalist, author and radio host |
| 19 | Rainer Piwek | 1965 | German actor |
| 20 | Rainer Hazivar | 1966 | Austrian journalist |
| 21 | Friedrich Rainer | 1903 | Nazi party leader |
| 22 | Rainer Meifert | 1967 | German actor |
| 23 | Rainer Günzler | 1927 | German television presenter and radio host |
| 24 | Rainer Fritzsche | 1978 | German actor and voice actor |
| 25 | Rainer Bomba | 1964 | German engineer |
| 26 | Rainer Kaufmann | 1959 | German film director and screenwriter |
| 27 | Rainer Grenkowitz | 1955 | German actor |
| 28 | Rainer Meyer | 1967 | German journalist, blogger |
| 29 | Rainer Makatsch | 1946 | German ice hockey player |
| 30 | Arnulf Rainer | 1929 | Austrian artist |
| 31 | Rainer Castor | 1961 | German author |
| 32 | Christian Rainer | 1961 | Austrian journalist |
| 33 | Rainer von Vielen | 1977 | German songwriter and singer |
| 34 | Rainer Nowak | 1972 | Austrian journalist |
| 35 | Rainer Hank | 1953 | German journalist |
| 36 | Rainer Rupp | 1945 | German spy |
| 37 | Rainer Leisten | 1957 | German business manager |
| 38 | Thom S. Rainer | 1955 | President and CEO, LifeWay Christian Resources |
| 39 | Rainer Christoph Friedrich von Hessen | 1939 | |
| 40 | Rainer Fetting | 1949 | German artist |
| 41 | Rainer Schumann | 1964 | |
| 42 | Rainer Trampert | 1946 | German politician and opinion journalist |
| 43 | Maren Rainer | 1983 | German voice actor |
| 44 | Rainer Laupichler | 1957 | German actor |
| 45 | Rainer Erler | 1933 | German film director, screenwriter, film producer and writer |
| 46 | Rainer Barzel | 1924 | German politician of the CDU |
| 47 | Rainer Woelki | 1956 | Catholic archbishop |
| 48 | Rainer Ptacek | 1951 | Guitarist |
| 49 | Rainer Pause | 1947 | German author |
| 50 | Rainer Baake | 1955 | German politician |
| 51 | Rainer Neske | 1964 | |
| 52 | Rainer Langhans | 1940 | German writer and film maker |
| 53 | Rainer Höss | 1965 | |
| 54 | Rainer Maria Salzgeber | 1969 | Swiss television presenter |
| 55 | Rainer Hammwöhner | 1956 | German university teacher (1956-2016) |
| 56 | Rainer Sonntag | 1955 | |
| 57 | Ove Rainer | 1925 | |
| 58 | Rainer Maria Latzke | 1950 | German artist |
| 59 | Rainer Geißler | 1939 | German sociologist |
| 60 | Rainer Brüderle | 1945 | German politician (FDP) |
| 61 | Leon Rainer | 1942 | German actor and voice actor |
| 62 | Rainer Zobel | 1948 | German footballer |
| 63 | Rainer Doering | 1957 | German actor and voice actor |
| 64 | Rainer Schmeltzer | 1961 | German politician |
| 65 | Rainer Goernemann | 1950 | German actor |
| 66 | Rainer Strecker | 1965 | German actor |
| 67 | Rainer Schwarz | 1956 | German diplom-merchant |
| 68 | Rainer Robra | 1951 | German politician |
| 69 | Rainer Rauffmann | 1967 | German footballer |
| 70 | Rainer Forst | 1964 | German philosopher |
| 71 | Rainer Wieland | 1957 | German politician |
| 72 | Rainer Brambach | 1917 | German author and translator |
| 73 | Rainer Moritz | 1958 | German author |
| 74 | Rainer Fromm | 1965 | German journalist |
| 75 | Rainer Jilg | 1978 | German television presenter |
| 76 | Rainer Ludwig Claisen | 1851 | German chemist best known for his work with condensations of carbonyls and sigmatropic rearrangements |
| 77 | Rainer G. Rümmler | 1929 | German architect |
| 78 | Rainer Oleak | 1953 | Film score composer |
| 79 | Rainer Frieb | 1949 | German actor |
| 80 | Rainer Wekwerth | 1959 | German writer |
| 81 | Rainer Bloss | 1946 | German musician |
| 82 | Rainer Stickelberger | 1951 | German politician and lawyer |
| 83 | Rainer Erlinger | 1965 | German television presenter and author |
| 84 | Rainer Korff | 1955 | General |
| 85 | Rainer-Viktor Dulger | 1964 | German entrepreneur |
| 86 | Rainer Kempe | 1989 | |
| 87 | Rainer Brüninghaus | 1949 | German musician |
| 88 | Rainer Podeswa | 1957 | |
| 89 | Rainer Glatz | 1951 | German career soldier |
| 90 | Rainer Sachse | 1948 | German psychologist |
| 91 | Rainer Schaller | 1969 | German businessman |
| 92 | Rainer Haas | 1956 | German jurist |
| 93 | Rainer Masera | 1944 | Italian economist |
| 94 | Rainer Nitschke | 1947 | German television presenter |
| 95 | Rainer Schmitt | 1948 | German voice actor |
| 96 | Rainer Vakra | ||
| 97 | Rainer Eppelmann | 1943 | German politician |
| 98 | Francisc Rainer | 1874 | Romanian pathologist, physiologist and anthropologist |
| 99 | Rainer Fetscher | 1895 | German university teacher (1895-1945) |
| 100 | Rainer Hasler | 1958 | Liechtenstein footballer |
| 101 | Rainer Matsutani | 1964 | German film director and screenwriter |
| 102 | Rainer Waser | German computer scientist | |
| 103 | Rainer Blatt | 1952 | Austrian physicist |
| 104 | Wali Rainer | 1977 | American football player |
| 105 | Rainer Reiners | 1960 | German actor |
| 106 | Rainer Küchl | 1950 | Austrian musician |
| 107 | Binder & Krieglstein | 1966 | Austrian musician |
| 108 | Rainer Schuwirth | 1945 | |
| 109 | Rainer Esser | 1957 | German lawyer |
| 110 | Rainer Holzschuh | 1944 | German journalist |
| 111 | Rainer Funk | 1943 | German psychoanalyst |
| 112 | Rainer Garden | 1951 | German musician |
| 113 | Rainer Balzer | 1959 | |
| 114 | Rainer Rudolph | 1941 | German actor |
| 115 | Rainer Müller | 1966 | German historian |
| 116 | Rainer Will | 1954 | German actor |
| 117 | Rainer Bielfeldt | 1964 | German composer |
| 118 | Rainer Bertram | 1932 | German actor and television director |
| 119 | Rainer Ewerrien | 1962 | German actor |
| 120 | Rainer F. Schmidt | 1955 | German university teacher and historian |
| 121 | Rainer Zitelmann | 1957 | German historian |
| 122 | Rainer Hildebrandt | 1914 | German resistance member |
| 123 | Rainer Galke | 1971 | German actor |
| 124 | Rainer Speer | 1959 | German politician |
| 125 | Rainer Ernst | 1961 | German footballer |
| 126 | Peter Paul Rainer | 1967 | Italian politician |
| 127 | Rainer E. Gut | 1932 | Swiss manager |
| 128 | Rainer K. Sachs | 1932 | German-American computational radiation biologist and astronomer |
| 129 | Rainer Mahlamäki | 1956 | Finnish architect |
| 130 | Rainer Kuhlen | 1944 | German information scientist |
| 131 | Rainer Riesner | 1950 | German theologian |
| 132 | Rainer Brinkmann | 1958 | German admiral |
| 133 | Rainer Froese | 1950 | Marine ecologist |
| 134 | Rainer Schweppe | 1954 | |
| 135 | Rainer Karlsch | 1957 | German historian |
| 136 | Rainer Baumann | 1949 | German composer |
| 137 | Rainer Adrion | 1953 | German footballer and manager |
| 138 | Rainer Buhmann | 1981 | German chess player |
| 139 | Rainer Endres | 1957 | |
| 140 | Rainer Eberle | 1954 | German diplomat |
| 141 | Roland Rainer | 1910 | Architect from Austria |
| 142 | Rainer Penkert | 1921 | German actor |
| 143 | Rainer Moormann | 1950 | Chemist |
| 144 | János Rainer M. | 1957 | |
| 145 | Rainer Schlegel | 1958 | German judge |
| 146 | Rainer van Raemdonck | 1957 | German engineer |
| 147 | Rainer Hable | 1972 | Austrian politician |
| 148 | Rainer Feist | 1945 | German admiral |
| 149 | Rainer Bähr | 1958 | |
| 150 | Rainer Albertz | 1943 | German theologian |
| 151 | Rainer Blasius | 1952 | German journalist |
| 152 | Rainer Erlund | 1940 | Finnish politician and journalist |
| 153 | Rainer Brandt | 1936 | Actor |
| 154 | Rainer Schönfelder | 1977 | Austrian Alpine skier |
| 155 | Rainer Böhm | 1977 | German pianist |
| 156 | Rainer Trüby | 2000 | German disc jockey and record producer |
| 157 | Rainer Funke | 1940 | German politician |
| 158 | Rainer Schnell | 1957 | German social scientist |
| 159 | Rainer Klausmann | 1949 | Swiss cinematographer |
| 160 | Rainer Trost | 1966 | German singer and opera singer |
| 161 | Rainer Hartbrod | 2000 | |
| 162 | Rainer Sarnet | ||
| 163 | Rainer Bröking | 1941 | German author and cook |
| 164 | Rainer Wolffhardt | 1927 | German film director and screenwriter |
| 165 | Rainer Hörgl | 1957 | German association football player |
| 166 | Rainer Beckmann | 1961 | |
| 167 | Rainer von Fieandt | 1890 | Finnish politician |
| 168 | Margrit Rainer | 1914 | Swiss actress |
| 169 | Rainer Malkowski | 1939 | German author |
| 170 | Rainer Buchmann | German car designer | |
| 171 | Rainer Ohlhauser | 1941 | German footballer and manager |
| 172 | Rainer Knopff | 1948 | Canadian political scientist |
| 173 | Rainer Bartel | 1957 | Austrian economist |
| 174 | Rainer Hachfeld | 1939 | German artist, illustrator and caricaturist |
| 175 | Rainer Marr | 1942 | German economist |
| 176 | Rainer Winkel | 1943 | German author |
| 177 | Rainer Stadelmann | 1933 | Egyptologist |
| 178 | Rainer König | 1953 | German actor |
| 179 | Rainer Mennicken | 1950 | |
| 180 | Rainer Klump | 1958 | German economist |
| 181 | Peter Rainer | German musician | |
| 182 | Rainer Gerhards | 1967 | German computer scientist |
| 183 | Rainer Torres | 1980 | Peruvian footballer |
| 184 | Rainer Bretschneider | 1948 | German politician |
| 185 | Rainer Marten | 1928 | German philosopher |
| 186 | Rainer Kirchmann | 1952 | |
| 187 | Rainer Nikowitz | 1964 | Austrian journalist and writer |
| 188 | Rainer Ulrich | 1949 | German footballer and manager |
| 189 | Rainer Cadete | 1987 | Brazilian actor |
| 190 | Rainer Fremdling | 1944 | German economic historian and economist |
| 191 | Rainer Hermann | 1956 | |
| 192 | Rainer Simon | 1941 | Film director, Screenwriter |
| 193 | Rainer M. Schröder | 1951 | German writer |
| 194 | Rainer Bonhorst | 1942 | German journalist |
| 195 | Rainer Beck | 1947 | German art historian |
| 196 | Rainer Henkel | 1964 | Swimmer |
| 197 | Rainer Assmann | 1935 | German judge, regional historian, historian of student and archivist |
| 198 | Rainer Spiering | 1956 | German politician |
| 199 | Rainer Ganahl | 1961 | Austrian artist |
| 200 | Rainer Schaper | 1950 | German film producer |