Fun Facts About the Name Raana
- 5 babies named Raana: U.S. records list 5 babies given the name Raana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Raana Mean?
Raana is a feminine name meaning "beautiful" or "elegant." It comes from the Persian word رعنا (ra'nā), an adjective used for someone graceful or lovely. The ʿayn (ع) is part of the original spelling and distinguishes the word from the separate Arabic name Rana (رنا), which has a different origin.
Raana Name History & Origins
Raana is used mainly in Persian- and Urdu-speaking communities. In Persian script it is written رعنا, and Urdu uses the same spelling. The ʿayn is a glottal stop in Persian and is usually omitted in English transliteration; the long vowel is rendered as "aa," producing Raana. Ra'na is another English form that keeps the break visible. The name is a word name taken from an adjective rather than a shortened form of a longer personal name.
The similar-looking South Asian title Rana is unrelated. It comes from Sanskrit rāṇā, meaning "king" or "prince," and is used as a Rajput title and male name. Raana is not a variant of that title.
How Popular is the Name Raana?
Raana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1992. Its best rank was #14,922 in 1992.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | #14,922 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Raana Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are a law unto itself. Your tendency is to finish whatever you start. You are tolerant and like to help humanity. You are very active. You are generally warmhearted and gives freely of your time, energy, and sympathetic understanding. You have tolerance and acceptance of the frailties of others. Universal and humanitarian in outlook. This is very compassionate name. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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