Reining
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: present participle and gerund of rein
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɹeɪnɪŋ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reining is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
present participle and gerund of rein
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Reining is read(measured from records)
Reining is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English69%
present participle and gerund of rein
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- German21%
Patronymischer Familienname zu einem Rufnamen Rein-; mit Diminutivsuffix -ing. Bearer count: 422.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
patronymisch zu Rufname Rein-; Kose- und Ableitungsformen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rita Reiningb. 1888LULuxembourgish sculptor
- Eduard Reiningb. 1899EEEstonian theatrologist (1899-1987)
- Maria Reiningb. 1903ATsinger (1903-1991)
- Priscilla Reiningb. 1923USAmerican anthropologist (1923-2007)
- Lucia Reiningb. 1961DEGerman physicist (born 1961)
- Dominik Reiningb. 1995DEGerman footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 558 | #39,419 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 557 | #37,591 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 490 | #46,793 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 63 | #26,596 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 12 | #9,351 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 10 | #10,572 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 9 | #154,387 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 8 | #134,434 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 4 | #118,617 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Reining mean, and where does it come from?
- present participle and gerund of rein Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Reining?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹeɪnɪŋ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Reining have the most bearers?
- Reining is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Reining”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.