Given name
Reanna
“the great and sacred queen”
Reanna is a form of Rhiannon. One Welsh interpretation is “the great and sacred queen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Irish use, Reanna carries the interpretation “the great and sacred queen.” Reanna is a form of Rhiannon. One Welsh interpretation is “the great and sacred queen.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
How it developed
Reanna is used as a form of Rhiannon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Reanna is a form of Rhiannon. The history of Rhiannon gives this family its wider story. Rhiannon appears in the Mabinogi, a medieval collection of Welsh legends.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Reanna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,580
- 0 boys · 5,580 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 273 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,959 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −47%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,959 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 46.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 273 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,942 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reanna’s family of names
Reanna is a form of Deanna. Reanna is a form of Rhiannon. Reanna has a related form in Reana.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rreannalikely variant
- Reannanvariant
- Reanavariant
- Reannvariant
- Reannonvariant
- Reannevariant
- Reannahvariant
- Reananvariant
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Reanna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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