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Updated March 28, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English, German, and Swiss German : from an agent derivative of Middle English, Middle High German rennen ‘to run’, hence an occupational name for a messenger, normally a mounted and armed military servant.
  • English, German, and Swiss German : variant of Rayner 1, Reiner.

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