Rain
Rain is a baby name of English origin, meaning Falling water; a blessing.
What Rain means
Falling water; a blessing.
Rain is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Rain comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Rain is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Rain?
You will not find Rain in the top 100 baby names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Rain
We group Rain under water and the sea and Sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Rain
These share Rain's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Storm — A tempest; powerful weather.
- River — A flowing body of water.
- Cove — A sheltered bay.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Sky — The heavens above.
- West — From the west; where the sun sets.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- Banks — Dweller by the riverbank.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Beckham — Homestead by the stream.
- Blue — The colour of the sky and sea.
- Brooke — A small stream.
More English names
- Promise — A solemn vow.
- Raven — The wise black bird.
- Primrose — First rose; first flower of spring.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- Preston — Priest's town.
- Reginald — Counsel power; a wise ruler.
- Presley — Priest's meadow.
- Reign — Sovereign rule; royal power.
- Posy — A small bunch of flowers.
- Ridge — From the mountain crest.