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I like the way this name is spelled. Even though I pronounce it as RAIN-ER.
Rainer is a nice name.
Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer
RAY-nər in English.
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (31 May 1945 – 10 June 1982) was a West German filmmaker, actor, playwright and theatre director, who was a catalyst of the New German Cinema movement.
I think this is a very sweet sounding name, kind of soft and mysterious, but also masculine, I like it!
Rainer Seegers is principal timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
Rainer (1783-1853) was one of the sons of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain.
This name has been used in Finland too.
A famous bearer of this name was 20th century poet Rainer Maria Rilke, although he changed his first name to Rainer from Rene.
Rainer Maria was an indie band from Wisconsin. Of course, they were named after Rainer Maria Rilke.
Listen to the German pronunciation of Rainer here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

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