[name_f]Rainey[/name_f].
I’m really loving the name [name_f]Rainey[/name_f], but I don’t think it could stand alone, and seems sort of juvenile. Are there any longer names that [name_f]Rainey[/name_f]/ [name_f]Rainie[/name_f] could be short for? I’m willing to consider anything, so all suggestions are welcome.
[name_u]Rain[/name_u]/rainy/rainie is a good name on it’s own. It’s unique and I’ve only known one person in 5th grade with that name my entire life.
But here are a few names I thought of:
[name_m]Raymond[/name_m]
[name_m]Randall[/name_m]
[name_m]Ryland[/name_m]
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
Rainella
[name_f]Remember[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Rainbeau[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhianna[/name_f]
Rupinder
[name_f]Ryleigh[/name_f]
Rigal
Then I found some names that mean rain, and you could just use rainy as a nickname.
[name_f]Amaya[/name_f] - raining at night
Iravat, which is my fav - rain clouds
[name_u]Tal[/name_u] - rain or dew
[name_f]Neha[/name_f] - rain
Vatshini - goddess of rain
In addition to the pp.'s suggestions, I think you could use [name_f]Rainey[/name_f] as a diminutive for [name_f]Raina[/name_f]/[name_f]Reina[/name_f]/[name_f]Rayna[/name_f]. Or [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f].
But I think it’s fine on its own too!
The name [name_f]Raina[/name_f] or [name_f]Reina[/name_f] is just so elegant, I adore it. [name_u]Rain[/name_u] or [name_f]Raine[/name_f] is an obvious shortening and [name_f]Rainey[/name_f] even more so. I could just not pass up [name_f]Reine[/name_f] -any spelling.
I like [name_f]Reina[/name_f] or [name_m]Rainer[/name_m]. Otherwise maybe [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], if not a stretch…
I say go from [name_f]Raine[/name_f]/[name_f]Rayne[/name_f] to [name_f]Rainey[/name_f] is your best bet because then its not overblown.
Other suggestion
[name_f]Lorena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sirena[/name_f]
[name_f]Morena[/name_f]
Raimunda
[name_f]Lorraine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Reine[/name_f]
[name_f]Reina[/name_f]
[name_f]Raina[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
I’ll add [name_m]Reynard[/name_m], [name_u]Raven[/name_u], Désirée, Adoreia, Adorée, [name_m]Braden[/name_m], [name_f]Mireille[/name_f], [name_m]Coltrane[/name_m], [name_u]Ren[/name_u]ée, [name_m]Graham[/name_m] (though I’ve heard this is pronounced as ‘gram’ in some US dialects)