Meaning & Story
Rayne is a variant spelling of Rain or Raine, from the English weather word rain or the Old French reine meaning 'queen.' The Y spelling gives it a slightly mystical, fantasy-influenced quality.
Rayne has an otherworldly quality that separates it from the more common Rain — the Y gives it a fantasy novel sensibility, a slightly darker, more mysterious edge. It's a name for a pet who arrived on a rainy day, or one who has that particular silver-gray quality of light through storm clouds. There's a quiet drama to Rayne, a sense of a creature who carries weather in them, who changes the atmosphere of a room in ways you can't quite explain.