Rein
proper nounattested in dialogue
A surname from German.
proper noun
- 1
A surname from German.
Etymology
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rein, comparable to the first element of several surnames such as Reinhardt, Reinbold, etc., from Proto-Germanic *raginą. * As an English surname, variant of Rain. Possibly also a habitational surname related to Rhine.
Forms
- plural
- Reins