Rainville meaning | Last name Rainville origin

Rainville is an adaptation of Rayne. See Raine - The northern families probably sprang from Rayne, county of Aberdeen; the southern from Raine, county of Essex.

The lastname is an adaptation of Raine. The northern families probably sprang from Rayne, county of Aberdeen; the southern from Raine, county of Essex.

Rainville is variation of Raines. Descendant of Rain, a pet form of one of the old names beginning with Regen, or Ragin meaning "counsel," or of Rayner meaning "might, army"; dweller at a boundary line; dweller at the sign of the frog; one with froglike characteristics.

Surname Rainville is variant of Raynes. See Raines - 1. An old spelling of the town of Rennes, in Brittany. 2. But the Raineses of Essex, Yorkshire, and Sussex, descend from Roger, a companion in arms of William the Conqueror, who rewarded him with lands at Rayne in Essex and else where. Hence he and his posterity acquired the name of De Raines, or Raneis. Morant's Essex.