Meaning & Origin
A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.
Rayne is a girl's and boy's baby name of Old French origin, a variant of Raine or Rain, from the Old French meaning "queen" (from reine) or alternatively from the English word rain — the life-giving water from the sky. It combines regal imagery with natural beauty.
Rayne has a cool, alternative quality that has attracted parents drawn to names with an edgy, slightly mystical feel. The E spelling gives it a more distinctive written form than the simpler Rain, and it has grown steadily as part of the broader wave of nature-adjacent names with gentle, flowing sounds.