Girl name origins & meanings
- Latin : Ruler
- Spanish : Frog
- Hebrew : Pure, clean
Girl name variations
How Popular Is The Name Rana
Family name origins & meanings
- Indian (Gujarat, Bombay city, and Rajasthan) : Hindu and Parsi name meaning ‘king’ in modern Indian languages. Rana does not have a Sanskrit equivalent; it is probably a back-formation from rạ̄nī ‘queen’ (Sanskrit rājñī, based on the analogy that nouns ending in -ī and denoting females usually have masculine counterparts ending in -ā). The name Rana was used as a title by some Rajput kings. As a surname, it is now found among Rajputs as well as several other communities. It is cognate with the name Rane, which occurs in Maharashtra and Goa.
- Spanish and Italian : from rana ‘frog’, hence a nickname, perhaps for someone with bulging eyes.
- Galician (Raña) : habitational name from a place so called in the province of A Coruña.