Rainier
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See also: rainier
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.
Proper noun
Rainier (countable and uncountable, plural Rainiers)
- A surname from French.
- A city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.
- A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States.
- A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rainier is the 35395th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Rainier is most common among White (90.57%) individuals.
Noun
Rainier (plural Rainiers)
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rainier”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.