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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
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
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Rana (Devanagari: राणा, Template:Lang-ur) is an Indian Surname of Sanskrit 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 among 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.[7][8]

In Persian, Arabic, Turkish 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 Middle Eastern countries.[9][10][11]

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.[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
Nepalese princess Devyani Rana
Shammi Rana, Indian sports executive and administrator

Given name

Surname

Rana

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References

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