group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Rein
れいん
Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.
れいんレインRein
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings13 Source spelling/reading rows15 Coverage levelExtended
Extended source depth
This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Rein
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Rein. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Rein mean?
A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Rein”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
れいん
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
Characters and loaded glosses
れKana characterいKana characterんKana character
Kana-only spelling
レイン
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
Characters and loaded glosses
レKana characterイKana characterンKana character
Kanji spelling
伶音
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
澪胤
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
澪音
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
玲音
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
礼鈴
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
虹
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
虹音
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
鈴音
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
鈴韻
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
雨音
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 14. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.
How to read these meanings
The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.
Reading profile
How Rein is represented
These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.
れいん · レイン
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
JMnedict classification evidence
How this reading is classified in the source corpus
This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.
れいん in the imported JMnedict corpus
15 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| れいんRein | 1315 source rows | male 1 · female 14source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · female 13 | 00 source rows |
| れいんRein | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.
JMnedict source text
Source-supplied text attached to Rein records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| レイン | れいん | Laing |
| レイン | れいん | Lane |
| レイン | れいん | Layne |
| レイン | れいん | Rain |
| レイン | れいん | Raine |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
15 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Rein
This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.
9–35 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| れいん | Rein | 3 | 14 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
8 of 14 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
鈴音
玲音
澪音
虹
麗音
伶音
虹音
3 source-recorded readings
KōneこうねNijineにじねReinれいん · this page
雨音
2 source-recorded readings
AmaneあまねReinれいん · this page
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.
Kanji role reference
How recurring characters function across Rein spellings
Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 音 | sound, noise | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | お, と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 鈴 | small bell, buzzer | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ず | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 澪 | water route, shipping channel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 虹 | rainbow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 麗 | lovely, beautiful, graceful | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ま, よし, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 伶 | actor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | れ | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 胤 | descendent, issue, offspring | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | つぎ, つぐ, かず | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 玲 | sound of jewels | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | たま, あきら, あき, りょう +1 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 礼 | salute, bow, ceremony | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あや, なり, のり, ひろし +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 韻 | rhyme, elegance, tone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 雨 | rain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 龍 | dragon, imperial | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | りゅ | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
Exact writing research map
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
Exact written form
れいん
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Reinれいん · this page
Characters in order
れKanaいKanaんKana
Exact written form
レイン
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Reinれいん
Characters in order
レKanaイKanaンKana
Exact written form
伶音
Characters in order
Exact written form
澪胤
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Reinれいん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
澪音
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
玲音
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
礼鈴
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Reinれいん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
虹
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
虹音
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KōneこうねNijineにじねReinれいん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
鈴音
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 14. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Rein spellings
Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Rein
14 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading れいん. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.
れいん
れいん · Rein
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
レイン
レイン · Rein
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
伶音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
澪胤
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
澪音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
玲音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
礼鈴
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
虹
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
虹音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
鈴音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
鈴韻
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
雨音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
麗音
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
麗龍
れいん · Rein
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Rein forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| れいん | れいん | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| レイン | レイン | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 伶音 | れいん | 伶 — actor · 音 — sound, noise | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 澪胤 | れいん | 澪 — water route, shipping channel · 胤 — descendent, issue | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 澪音 | れいん | 澪 — water route, shipping channel · 音 — sound, noise | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 玲音 | れいん | 玲 — sound of jewels · 音 — sound, noise | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 礼鈴 | れいん | 礼 — salute, bow · 鈴 — small bell, buzzer | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 虹 | れいん | 虹 — rainbow | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 虹音 | れいん | 虹 — rainbow · 音 — sound, noise | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 鈴音 | れいん | 鈴 — small bell, buzzer · 音 — sound, noise | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 鈴韻 | れいん | 鈴 — small bell, buzzer · 韻 — rhyme, elegance | 32 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 雨音 | れいん | 雨 — rain · 音 — sound, noise | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 麗音 | れいん | 麗 — lovely, beautiful · 音 — sound, noise | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 麗龍 | れいん | 麗 — lovely, beautiful · 龍 — dragon, imperial | 35 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
What does Rein mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
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Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Rein
These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.
Given-name relationship
Mirei
伶澪玲礼胤虹鈴音麗
9 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSumire
伶澪玲礼虹鈴麗
7 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipReika
伶澪玲礼虹鈴麗
7 shared kanji · 52 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipReona
伶澪玲礼鈴音麗
7 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipReiko
伶澪玲礼虹鈴麗
7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRemi
伶澪玲礼虹鈴麗
7 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipReimi
伶澪玲礼虹鈴麗
7 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipReina
伶澪玲礼鈴麗
6 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRei
伶澪玲礼鈴麗
6 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRena
伶澪玲礼鈴麗
6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipReira
伶玲礼鈴音麗
6 shared kanji · 26 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKurea
澪玲礼鈴音麗
6 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Evidence on this page
What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
Source boundary
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
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