# Rainey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,649

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. A female given name.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.

## Easily confused with
- **raise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-raise)
- **randy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-randy)
- **Riley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-riley)
- **rains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rains)
- **rainy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rainy)
- **Rhine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rhine)
- **raised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-raised)
- **ruined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-ruined)
- **Rooney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rooney)
- **Ramsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-ramsey)
- **Rodney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rodney)
- **Romney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-romney)
- **ravine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-ravine)
- **raiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-raiser)
- **Reiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-reiner)
- **Rainier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rainier)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rain-vs-rainey)
- **Raina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raina-vs-rainey)
- **raider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raider-vs-rainey)
- **rained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rained-vs-rainey)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ariney`, `raieny`, `raineyy`, `rainney`, `rainye`, `raniey`, `rianey`, `rrainey`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rainey