by Andy ;—) (guest)
12/30/2004, 11:41 AM
From Rayne (Essex) or Raines (obviously a historic place-name) or Rennes (France)
This ist what P.H.Reaney, A Dictionary of Surnames, Oxford 1997, has.
Unfortunately A.D.Mills, Dictionary of Place-names, Oxford 1998, fails here.
Andy ;—)