Names That Mean Reign

  1. Rein
    • Origin:

      Variation of Reign or Rain; English word name
    • Meaning:

      "royal authority; water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere"
    • Description:

      Rein, along with Reign, have taken over from Rain as a trendy word name. Should you rein it in or let it rein? Okay, bad puns we know, but that's the downside of word names. This is a true unisex name, given to 15 girls and 12 boys in the US in one recent year.
  2. Rein
    • Origin:

      Variation of Reign or Rain; English word name
    • Meaning:

      "royal authority; water falling in drops condensed from vapor in the atmosphere"
    • Description:

      Rein, along with Reign, have taken over from Rain as a trendy word name. Should you rein it in or let it rein? Okay, bad puns we know, but that's the downside of word names. This is a true unisex name, given to 15 girls and 12 boys in the US in one recent year.
  3. Romuald
    • Origin:

      Germanic
    • Meaning:

      "glorious reign"
    • Description:

      Romuald is an obscure medieval Italian saint’s name which had a surprising run of popularity in France in the 1970s, featuring in the top 100 from 1972-79. It only fell out of the French top 500 in 2005, but is little-known in anglophone countries.
  4. Osamu
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "discipline; logic; reign"
    • Description:

      Historically common Japanese name associated with animator Osamu Tezuka, considered "The Godfather of Manga."