I heard the name Raynie on a young woman yesterday and I had never heard it before. After I heard it I kept thinking about it and I think I like it because I’m trying to figure out a way to honor my dad’s name Ray. What do we think? Is it useable or will everyone just immediately think of a rainy day?
Any other girl names that I could use to honor Ray? I know the easy thing to do would be to use Ray in the middle spot, but I worry that it’s just so overdone at this point and I would like to have it in the first name slot if possible. Thanks!
I like the sound of Raynie, but it’d get misheard as Renee/Raina or misspelt as Rainy a lot, so I’m personally not a fan.
You could do Rain, Raina, Aurelia (pronounced o-RAY-lee-ah), Ramona (starts with the same 2 letters), Rachel, Raya (ray-ah), Rhea (ree-ah or ray-ah), Grace (has the ray sound in it) or something that rhymes with Ray like May/Mae, Fay/Faye, Shay/Shae or Kay.
I think it’s adorable! [name_u]Perfect[/name_u] way to honor your dad.
The word rainy might come to mind, but I don’t see that as a negative at all! (I personally love rainy days, and I know a lot of people do for how cozy they are.) After all, rain makes flowers bloom.
I think it’s super cute! I think it works really well as an honor and I personally love the rainy day association (it also reminds me of rainbows after rain). The only thing is is that I prefer the [name_f]Raini[/name_f] or [name_f]Rainie[/name_f] spelling but that’s just aesthetic preference
I’d go with something like [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] and nn [name_u]Ray[/name_u] or Raymie. Raynie feels kind of cutesy and made up to me, and I like something a little more formal for the birth certificate. Kids have a way of making anything fit perfectly though, and I strongly believe that if you love it, you should use it!
I like Raynie and while I don’t think of a rainy day, I think the name would often be misspelled as [name_f]Rainey[/name_f].
I think [name_u]Ray[/name_u] is great as a middle name for a daughter, [name_u]Rae[/name_u] is the feminine spelling, but I know girls who spell it [name_u]Ray[/name_u], which I would do especially since it’s honoring your dad, [name_u]Ray[/name_u].
[name_f]My[/name_f] favorite idea would be a name where [name_u]Ray[/name_u] can be used as a nickname: [name_f]Rachel[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], Rayna/Raina, [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], etc.
I love Raynie! It’s actually used in one of my favorite children’s books called the Mysterious [name_m]Benedict[/name_m] Society. I love the association it brings me (the book was seriously awesome as a kid).
I know a Raynie (not sure on spelling), who is middle-aged and has a corporate job, so it’s definitely usable! I don’t think the rainy association is negative at all, and it would make a lovely honor name.
There’s also the [name_u]Rey[/name_u] spelling if you like that more. I’ve also seen [name_f]Raina[/name_f] spelled [name_f]Reyna[/name_f].
I think the only other names I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned are Regan/Reagan and [name_f]Mireille[/name_f].
Raynie is cute, but it does immediately make me think of “rainy”… How about using [name_f]Rayna[/name_f] instead, with Raynie as a nickname? I went to school with a girl named [name_f]Raina[/name_f], and with a “y” it’s closer to [name_u]Ray[/name_u].
Alternatively, maybe [name_f]Raya[/name_f]? [name_u]Or[/name_u] simply [name_u]Raye[/name_u] would be very pretty, too - like a ray of sunlight, with the “e” ending making it similar to names such as [name_u]Skye[/name_u].
I’ve seen Reynie, [name_f]Rainey[/name_f], and Raynie
I know [name_u]Raye[/name_u], [name_u]Rae[/name_u], [name_f]Raylene[/name_f], [name_f]Raelyn[/name_f] were popular when I was a child
[name_f]Raymonde[/name_f] and [name_f]Raimonda[/name_f] were variants apparently [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] is one too.
Rainer/Rayner/Raelie are frequent heard by me as well as honor name for [name_u]Ray[/name_u].
