Raina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rayna in US United States, ES Spain, CA Canada and 6 more, Rajna in IN India, FI Finland, CH Switzerland and 1 more, ไร่นา in TH Thailand and Reina in LA Laos.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Raina is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name39K records spelled Raina31 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Rayna, Rainá, Rainã, Rayná, Raína

• a separate given name5.9K records spelled Raina10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Räinä, Rainá, Raiṇā, Raíña, Raïna

• Indonesian given name3.8K records spelled Raina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written 'Raina

• Finnish given name2.9K records spelled Raina5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, India, Philippines

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Räinä, Rayna, Raïna

• Bulgarian given name2.0K records spelled Raina61 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Bulgaria, Russia, Croatia, Ukraine

  Languages: Bulgarian, Russian, Croatian

  Also written Rayna, Райна, Rajna, Раина, Раїна

• Estonian given name1.5K records spelled Raina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Estonia, Philippines

  Also written Räina

53 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Raina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Fuerte, poderosa

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Polish and Czech form of REGINA , also sometimes used in the English-speaking world, to which it was introduced by George Bernard Shaw, as the name of a character in Arms and the Man (1894).

  as a word

• In French, third-person singular past historic of rainer

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, strip, band (long, flat piece of material)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In izh, worn out piece of clothing

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1921–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Regina Wiśniowieckab. 1589ROnot in their usual namePolish noble lady from Moldavia
• Rayna Knyaginyab. 1856BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian teacher and revolutionary (1856-1917)
• Rayna Kasabovab. 1897BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian air force pilot
• Kalina Malinab. 1898BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian children writer
• Rayna Katsarovab. 1901BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian ethnomusicologist
• Rayna Delibashevab. 1909BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian architect
• Raina Kabaivanskab. 1934BGBulgarian opera singer
• Raina Telgemeierb. 1977USAmerican cartoonist, illustrator and writer
• Raynab. 1981BGnot in their usual nameBulgarian singer
• Raina Heinb. 1987USUS fashion model

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 469 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Raina?

We estimate roughly 33 thousand people bear Raina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Raina have the most bearers?

Raina is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled rajna.

Where is Raina most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Raina is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 3.5 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

Is Raina a male or female name?

Raina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Raina mean?

Recorded meaning: Variante liée à Regina/Reine; du latin regina, « reine ».