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| Pronunciation | English: Rāṇā |
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| Gender | Neutral |
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| Related names | Raña, Rane, Rani, Ranee, Rania and Rəna |
Rana is a given name and surname of multiple origins.
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Rana is also a historical title that is now used as an Indian surname. It is of Sanskrit origin, meaning "king", and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word rānī meaning "queen". [1] It was used as a title by the Rajput kings. [2] It is a surname of Rajputs in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. Some other variants of the name include Rani and Ranee as well as the surname Rane , which is more common in Goa and Maharashtra. [3] [4]
In Persian, Arabic, Turkish and Kurdish; the name means "eye-catching, glittering, mesmerising" and "elegant, graceful", stemming from the word yarnū (Arabic : يرنو), meaning "to gaze at longingly". It is a given name for females in Middle Eastern countries. [5] [6] [7]
It is a surname found in Nepal, used by the Magar people and also by the Chhetri group.
In Galician, it is a derivative of the surname Raña that may refer to someone from a place with the same name in A Coruña, Spain. [8] [9]
In Nordic countries, the Sámi name means "green earth" or "fertile fields" after the mythological goddess Rana Niejta. [10] [11]
In Old Norse, the given name may mean "nobility" or "queenly". [12] [13] [14] [15]
In Hebrew, the name may have the meaning "pure", "clean". [16]
In New Zealand, it is a given name for males of Māori origin. [17] Less commonly, it is also a given name for females of English origin meaning "raven" [18]
In the Hausa language of Nigeria, it means “sun”.
In Italian and Spanish, the nickname means "frog", [19] [20] [21] [22] possibly stemming from Holarctic true frogs of the genus Rana. [23] [24] [25]
In Japanese, the given name for females has multiple meanings depending on the choice of Kanji characters used, including "beautiful", "princess", "serenity", and "harmony". [26] [27] [28]
