Given name · Hindi
रानी
“queen”
रानी (rānī) is a feminine given name from Old Hindi, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Hindi.
HindiWritten in Devanagari script. In English: rānī.
Meaning & origin
What it means
रानी goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂, meaning “queen.”
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Where it comes from
रानी comes from Old Hindi, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Hindi रांणी, from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻, from Sanskrit राज्ञी, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́niH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵnih₂ (“queen”).
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रानी’s family of names
In Hindi usage, रानी shares a linguistic root with the French form Reine. In Hindi usage, रानी can be written in the Roman alphabet as rānī. In Hindi usage, रानी has a transliteration in rānī.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
रानी has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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