Rana (name)

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This article is about the name and surname of people. For the Spanish name, see Raña. For the Marathi name, see Rane (surname). For other uses, see Rana.
Rana
Rana Niejta B.JPG
Sculpture of Sámi goddess Rana Niejta in Mo i Rana in the municipality of Rana, Norway
PronunciationEnglish: Rāṇā
GenderNeutral
Other names
Related namesRaña, Rane, Rani, Ranee, Rania and Rəna

Rana (Devanagari: राणा, Urdu: رانا) is an Indian name of Parsi and Hindi origin meaning "king" in South Asian languages and is the masculine derivative of the Sanskrit word "rānī" meaning "queen".[1][2] It was commonly used as a princely title by the Nepalese Rana dynasty and by Rajput kings that ruled under a Maharana in the Indian subcontinent.[3][4][5][6] It is today more commonly used as a surname or given name for males, especially in Mumbai, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Some other variants of the name include Rani and Ranee as well as the surname Rane, which is more common in Goa and Maharashtra.[7][8]

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.[9][10][11]

In Galacian, it is a derivative of the surname Raña that may refer to someone from a place with the same name in A Coruña, Spain.[12][13]

In Nordic countries, the name of Sámi origin means "green earth" or "fertile fields" after the mythological goddess Rana Niejta.[14][15]

In Norse, the given name may refer to "nobility" or "queenly".[16][17][18][19]

In Hebrew, the name may have the meaning "pure, clean".[20]

In New Zealand, it is a given name for males of Māori origin.[21] Less commonly, it is also a given name for females of English origin meaning "raven"[22]

In Italian and Spanish, the nickname may refer to "frog",[23][24][25][26] possibly stemming from Holarctic true frogs of the genus Rana.[27][28][29]

In Japanese; the given name for females has multiple meanings depending on the choice of Kanji characters used, including "beautiful", "princess" or "serenity, harmony".[30][31][32]

People with the name[]

British-Indian author Rana Dasgupta
New Zealand politician Rana Waitai
Pakistani cricketer Rana Naved
Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana
Nepalese princess Devyani Rana
Bangladeshi footballer Sohel Rana
Shammi Rana, Indian sports executive and administrator

Given name[]

  • Rana Abdelhamid (born 1993), Egyptian-American entrepreneur and self-defense activist
  • Rana Afzal Khan (1949–2019), Pakistani politician, finance minister and army officer
  • Rana Ahmad Hamd (born 1985), Saudi-born women's rights activist
  • Rana Azadivar (born 1983), Iranian actress
  • Rana Bhagwandas (1942-2015), Pakistani jurist and former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
  • Rana Bokhari (born 1977), Canadian politician
  • Rana Dajani, Jordanian molecular biologist
  • Rana Daggubati (born 1984), Indian actor, producer, TV personality, visual effects co-ordinator and photographer
  • Rana Dasgupta (born 1971), British-Indian novelist and essayist
  • Rana Farhan, Iranian-American musician and singer of jazz and blues
  • Rana Aylin Foroohar (born 1970), American journalist, economic analyst and author
  • Rana Hussein (born 1969), daughter of Saddam Hussein
  • Rana Kanwar Pal Singh (born 1957), Indian politician and speaker of the Punjab Legislative Assembly (India)
  • Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan (born 1966), Pakistani politician, lawyer and former deputy speaker of the Punjab Assembly (Pakistan)
  • Rana Mitter (born 1969), British historian, political scientist and Oxford University professor
  • Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan (c. 1922-2005), Pakistani politician and former finance minister
  • Rana Muhammad Akram Khan (born 1962), Pakistani lawyer, landowner and former chairman executive of the Punjab Bar Council
  • Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan (born 1945), Pakistani politician and former speaker of the Punjab Assembly (Pakistan)
  • Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
  • Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan (born 1949), Pakistani politician and lawyer
  • Rana Pratap Singh I (1540-1597), 16th century Rajput king of Mewar in present-day Rajasthan (India)
  • Rana Sanaullah Khan (born 1950), Pakistani politician
  • Rana Tanveer Hussain (born 1949), Pakistani politician and minister
  • Rana Donald Waitai (1942–2021), New Zealand politician and lawyer

Surname[]

Other[]

See also[]

  • Raña, Spanish surname
  • Rane, Marathi surname
  • Rani, feminine variant
  • Ranee, feminine variant
  • Rania

References[]

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