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Pronunciation:In North America, Hainer is typically pronounced HAY-NER. In German, AI is pronounced as a hard I, so Hainer is typically pronounced HI-NER. Meaning:In German, der Hain is the grove, so Hainer, literally translated is Grover. Alternative Spellings:Therex are many alternative spellings for Hainer. Records of early immagrants to North America often show different spellings for the same family. This might be because many people could not read or write, so the spelling was at the discretion of the record taker. It also could have been an attempt to Americanize the spelling. This is not to say that all variations of the name Hainer are related. There are probably many independant family trees involved.
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29/03/2004 by Allen J.
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