Given name & surname · Hindi
राणा
राणा (rāṇā) is a surname from Punjabi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: rāṇā.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
राणा comes from Punjabi, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Punjabi ਰਾਣਾ, from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀬, from Sanskrit राजन, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs, built from Sanskrit राज् + -अन्.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
राणा’s family of names
In Hindi usage, राणा shares an earlier linguistic root with राजा. In Hindi usage, राणा as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as rāṇā. In Hindi usage, राणा as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with राना.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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