Family name origins & meanings
- English (of Norman origin) : from the Old French personal name Reinger, Rainger, composed of the Germanic elements ragin ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ + gār, gēr ‘spear’, ‘lance’.
- English : occupational name for a maker of rings (see Ring 1) or for a bell ringer, from Middle English ring(en) ‘to ring’, Old English hringan.
- German : occupational name for a turner, someone who made objects by rotating them on a lathe or wheel.