Rana (name)
Rana (Devanāgarī: राणा) is an Indian surname of Parsi and Hindi origin meaning "king" in languages descended from Sanskrit and is a derivative of the Hindi word "rānī" meaning "queen".[1][2] It is most common in Mumbai, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Rāṇā was commonly used as a princely title by Rajput kings in the Indian subcontinent and is today used less commonly as a given name for males.[3][4][5][6] Other variants of the surname include Rane, which is more common in Goa and Maharashtra.[7][8]
In Persian, Arabic and Kurdish; the name means "eye-catching, glittering, mesmerising" and "elegant, graceful", stemming from the word yarnū (Template:Lang-ar), meaning "to gaze at longingly". It is a given name for females in Persian and Arabic-speaking countries.[9][10]
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.[11][12]
In Nordic countries, the name of Sámi origin means "green earth" or "fertile earth".[13][14]
In Norse, the given name may refer to "nobility" or "queenly".[15][16][17][18]
In Hebrew, the name may have the meaning "pure, clean".[19]
In New Zealand, it is a given name for males of Maori origin.[20] Less commonly, it is also a given name for females of English origin meaning "raven"[21]
In Italian and Spanish, the nickname may refer to "frog",[22][23][24][25] possibly stemming from Holarctic true frogs of the genus Rana.[26][27][28]
In Japanese; the given name for females has multiple meanings depending on the choice of Kanji characters used, including "beautiful", "princess" or "serenity, harmony".[29][30][31]
People with the name
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 Bhagwandas (1942-2015), Pakistani jurist and former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
- 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 Foroohar (born 1970), American journalist, economic analyst and author
- Rana Hussein (born 1969), a 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 (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 modern-day Rajasthan (India)
- Rana Sanaullah Khan (born 1950), Pakistani politician
- Rana Tanveer Hussain (born 1949), Pakistani politician and minister
- Rana Waitai (1942–2021), New Zealand politician and lawyer
Surname
- Ashutosh Rana (born 1964), Indian actor
- Azmat Rana, Pakistani cricket player[32]
- Kaji Abhiman Singh Rana Magar, Nepalese General
- Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, former chief of Nepal Army
- Bakhtiar Rana, Pakistan Army lieutenant general[33]
- Bal Krishna Sama, (born as Bal Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana); Nepali playwright
- Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; fourteenth prime minister of Nepal
- Bhim Singh Rana (c. 1707–1756), ruler of princely state of Goha (in present-day India)
- Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; eleventh prime minister of Nepal
- Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1863–1929), thirteenth prime minister of Nepal
- Deepraj Rana, Indian actor from the 1990s to the present
- Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; former prime minister of Nepal
- Devyani Rana; Nepali princess
- Diamond Shumsher Rana, Nepali story writer
- Diljit Rana, Baron Rana (born 1938), British politician and life peer
- Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana, former chief of Nepal Army
- Gyanu Rana; Nepali singer
- Jaspal Rana (born 1976), Indian sport pistol shooter
- Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana; fifteenth prime minister of Nepal
- Jung Bahadur Rana (1816–1877), ruler of Nepal and founder of the Rana dynasty
- Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Chief of Nepal Army
- Kashiram Rana (1938–2012), Indian politician
- Kiran Shamsher Rana, former chief of Nepal Army
- Kuber Singh Rana, former chief of Nepal Police from Magar caste
- Luigi Rana (born 1986), Italian footballer
- Manjural Islam Rana (1984–2007), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Masood Rana (1938–1995), Pakistani playback singer[34]
- Moammar Rana, Pakistani actor
- Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1967), seventeenth prime minister of Nepal and Foreign Minister of Nepal
- Munawwar Rana, Indian poet
- Nara Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- Naseem Rana (born 1942), retired Pakistan Army three-star general and former director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence
- Natasha Rana Gajewski, American CEO and Founder of Symple Health.
- Om Bikram Rana, former chief of Nepal Police
- Padma Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana; former prime minister of Nepal
- Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana; former minister; Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal politician
- Pradip Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- Ratna Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- S. R. Rana (1878–1957), Indian political activist
- Santosh Rana, Indian politician
- Santosh Rana (CPI), Indian communist politician
- Shafqat Rana, former Pakistani cricketer
- Shakoor Rana, Pakistani cricket player
- Sohail Rana (born 1938), Pakistani music composer for films and television[35]
- Sohel Rana (disambiguation), several Bangladeshis
- Subarna Shamsher Rana, former prime minister of Nepal
- Tahawwur Hussain Rana (born 1961), Pakistani-Canadian businessman and former physician
- Toran Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- Udaya Shumsher Rana, Nepalese politician it is one of the royal families of all of Asia
Other
- Jadi Rana, a person in the 1559 Zoroastrian epic poem Qissa-i Sanjan
- Rana Niejta, a goddess in Sami mythology
- Rana Jashraj, a Hindu deity
See also
References
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