Girl, the Rajput title Rana, used by men, is a different word · Persian from Arabic (Urdu usage) · Muslim
Rana
رعناSay it RAA-na
- Meaning today
- Beautiful, graceful, eye-catching
- Original meaning
- "beautiful, delicate, tender, lovely; moving gracefully, graceful" Steingass, p. 580
- Say it
- RAA-na
- Written
- رعنا
- Other spellings
- Raana, Ranaa, Ra'ana
Rana
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Rana meaning
Rana (رعنا) is a Muslim girl's name of Persian from Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
Beautiful, delicate, tender, lovely; moving gracefully, graceful
Also used to mean: eye-catching
Rana (رعنا) in Urdu and Persian usage is raʿnā, which Steingass's dictionary defines as beautiful, delicate, tender and lovely, and moving gracefully. The word came from Arabic, where it originally described a woman as foolish or languid, but in Persian and Urdu it has long meant grace and beauty. Arab families write a separate name Rana (رنا), from ranā, "to gaze", and Lane gives ranāʾ as beauty, so both spellings point to the same popular meaning, "beautiful". Rana is unrelated to the Rajput title Rana.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 580 · entry raʿnāʾ (رعناء) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, raʿnāʾ, p. 580 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, raʿnāʾ (root r-ʿ-n), pp. 1107–1108 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ranā, ranāʾ (root r-n-w), p. 1167 · Wikipedia, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan
Famous namesakes
- Raʿana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905–1990), born in Almora, first woman Governor of Sindh
Spellings
Rana · Raana · Ranaa · Ra'ana