English: altered form of an Old French personal name,
Rainbaut, composed of the Germanic elements ragin
‘counsel’ + bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’. The form of the name has been
affected by folk etymological association with the vocabulary word
rainbow. Compare Rammel, Raybould.Translation of the German and Ashkenazic Jewish surname
Regenbogen. The German name is a habitational name for someone
who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a rainbow, Middle
High German regenboge. The Jewish name is ornamental from
German Regenbogen, one of the group of ornamental names based
on natural phenomena.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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