Given name & surname

Ratna

“as precious as a jewel”

Ratna is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “as precious as a jewel.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Indian interpretation is “as precious as a jewel.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.

How it developed

From Sanskrit रत्न (rátna, “jewel, gem”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ratna’s family of names

Ratna has a related form in Ratnah. Ratna has a related form in Ratnea. Ratna has a related form in Ratnia.

Walk Ratna’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 4

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Ratna

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Ratna, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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“resembling the moon”

No U.S. birth series

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“of the excellent moon”

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Muniya

“resembling a small bird”

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Narmada

“woman of the river”

No U.S. birth series

2% boys · 98% girls

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Tapi

“from the river”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Ratna’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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