Rainey

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish.
  2. 2
    A female given name.

    "Rainey Qualley, b. 1989"

Example

More examples

"Against a backdrop of what many would consider insurmountable odds, Joseph Hayne Rainey, born enslaved, entered the Capitol building as the first African American member of the U.S House of Representatives in December 1870."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

Rainey's corpuscle

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