Pronunciation | English: Rāṇā |
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Gender | Neutral |
Other names | |
Related names | Raña, Rane, Rani, Ranee, Rania and Rəna |
Rana is a given name and surname of multiple origins.
Rana is a surname found in Nepal. It belongs to the Magar indigenous people of Nepal. It is also used by chhetri group. Rana is one of the seven clans of Magars Tribes, “i.e.” Notable people with the surname: Sarbajit Rana Magar, Indira Ranamagar, Sita Rana Magar, Abhiman Singh Rana Magar, Victoria Cross holder Karanbahadur Rana
Rana as an Indian surname is of Sanskrit origin meaning "king" and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word "rānī" meaning "queen".[1] It was used as a princely title by the Rajput kings that ruled under a Maharana in the Indian subcontinent.[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]
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 name of Sámi origin means "green earth" or "fertile fields" after the mythological goddess Rana Niejta.[10][11]
In Norse, the given name may refer to "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, Rana means “sun”.
In Italian and Spanish, the nickname may refer to "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" or "serenity, harmony".[26][27][28]