Rainbird

See also: rainbird

English

Etymology

From the Old French personal name Rainbert, which is composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *raginą (“decision, advice, counsel”) and *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).

Proper noun

Rainbird (plural Rainbirds)

1. A surname from Old French.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Rainbird is the 7288^th most common surname in England, belonging to 901 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rainbird”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears