Rayna is a feminine given name with multiple origins in diverse cultures.
Rayna (Bulgarian: Райна) is a diminutive of Slavic names such as Radka that contain the element rad-, meaning “happy.” Raya, another name with unrelated origins from multiple cultures, is another Bulgarian variant of the name.[1][2]
Rayna can also be derived from a name of Germanic origin. Related masculine forms with the same origins are Ragnar, Rainer, Rainier, Rayner, or Reinhard. All mean “strong counsel.”[3]
Also spelled Reina or Reyna, it is also a Yiddish name referring to spiritual or ritual purity.[4]
It may refer to:
- Rayna Gellert (born 1975), American musician and actress
- Rayna Knyaginya (Rayna Popgeorgieva Futekova (Райна Попгеоргиева Футекова (1856-1917), Bulgarian revolutionary
- Rayna Petkova (Райна Петкова, 1895 – 1957), Bulgarian social worker
- Rayna Kirilova Terziyska (Райна Кирилова Терзийска, Bulgarian singer
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