Rain
A unisex name of English origin, meaning rain or counsel; from Rein or Raine.
Rain by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Rain. In the US, 134 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 137 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rain. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rain
Names that are said the same way as Rain, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean water
Like Rain, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maxwellgreat spring; place name3,118 in the US (2017)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brooksof the small stream1,938 in the US (2017)
- Beckettbee keeper or stream; a surname used as a given name1,763 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Rain, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Rain
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