Nero (2)

Gender：
Pronounced： [ NE-ro ]
Popularity：
Usage：Italian

Meaning & History：

Short form of RANIERO.

RANIERO male Italian

Italian form of RAYNER.

From the Germanic name Raganhar, composed of the elements ragin "advice" and hari "army". The Normans brought this name to England where it came into general use, though it was rare by the end of the Middle Ages.

Names related to Nero (2)：

FULL FORMS

ITALIAN: Raniero

EQUIVALENTS

ANCIENT GERMANIC: Raganhar, Rainer, Reiner

ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Ragnarr

DANISH: Ragnar

DUTCH: Reinier

ENGLISH: Rayner

ESTONIAN: Rain

FRENCH: Rainier

GERMAN: Rainer, Reiner

LIMBURGISH: Neer, Reneer

NORWEGIAN: Ragnar

SPANISH: Rainerio

SWEDISH: Ragnar