Tour Scotland Photograph Christina Wilson Rennie Stained Glass Window Culross Abbey

Tour Scotland photograph of a stained glass window inside the Abbey in Culross, Fife, Scotland. In memory of Christina Wilson Rennie, wife of James Arnot.

Recorded in many forms including Rainy, Rainey, Rany, Rennie, Renny, Rennison, and Renison, this is an Anglo Scottish surname. It was an endearment form of the original personal name " Reynold ", a compound of the Germanic elements " ragin " meaning " counsel ", and " wald ", rule. This name was first introduced into England by the Viking Scandinavians of the 8th century, and later reinforced at the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 by the French equivalent " Reinald ". Early examples of the surname recordings include Thomas Renie in the 1279 Hundred Rolls of Bedfordshire, England, whilst in 1362, Symon Renny who was recorded as being the baillie of Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland, is believed to be the first known recording in that country.



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