Rayna (given name)

Rayna is a feminine given name with multiple origins in diverse cultures.

Rayna (Bulgarian: Райна) is a diminutive of Slavic names such as Radka that contain the element rad-, meaning “happy.” Raya, another name with unrelated origins from multiple cultures, is another Bulgarian variant of the name.[1][2]

Rayna can also be derived from a name of Germanic origin. Related masculine forms with the same origins are Ragnar, Rainer, Rainier, Rayner, or Reinhard. All mean “strong counsel.”[3]

Also spelled Reina or Reyna, it is also a Yiddish name referring to spiritual or ritual purity.[4]

It may refer to:

  • Rayna Gellert (born 1975), American musician and actress
  • Rayna Knyaginya (Rayna Popgeorgieva Futekova (Райна Попгеоргиева Футекова (1856-1917), Bulgarian revolutionary
  • Rayna Petkova (Райна Петкова, 1895 – 1957), Bulgarian social worker
  • Rayna Kirilova Terziyska (Райна Кирилова Терзийска, Bulgarian singer

Notes
  1. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Rayna (1)".
  2. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Radko".
  3. "Raginheri - Nordic Names".
  4. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Reina (2)".
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