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Raina

Raina: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“queen”
Origin
Slavic
Say it
RAY-nuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Often used as a form of Raina/Reina from Slavic and other European sources; one established derivation is from a word meaning 'queen'. It can also overlap with spellings linked to Regina or Rayna forms.

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How popular is Raina?

202477.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Raina in 2024257

2024 rank#999 girls

Peak year2011

Total US babies since 188012,162

Raina has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Raina

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Raynerain · English
  • Milagracious or dear · Slavic
  • Alinabright, beautiful · Slavic
  • Verafaith · Slavic
  • Mirapeace, world · Slavic
  • Nadiahope · Slavic
  • IvannaGod is gracious · Slavic
  • Raynaqueen; pure · Slavic

Raina questions

What does the name Raina mean?

Raina means "queen". It comes from Slavic. Often used as a form of Raina/Reina from Slavic and other European sources; one established derivation is from a word meaning 'queen'. It can also overlap with spellings linked to Regina or Rayna forms.

Is Raina a boy or girl name?

Raina is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Raina?

257 US babies were named Raina in 2024. Its peak year was 2011.

How do you pronounce Raina?

Raina is usually pronounced RAY-nuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.