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What does Raina mean?
Raina 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced RAY-nah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Raina is "queen". Variant of Regina (Latin) or Reine (French). Also feminine form of Ray (Old German) "wise guardian". May also be used as a short form of Lorraina and Lorraine. Modern use also refers to rain from the sky.
STARTS WITH Ra-
ASSOCIATED WITH queen, old, wise, guardian (defender), modern, rain (water), sky (heaven)
Variations
VARIANTS Raenah, Raene, Rainah, Raine, Rainee, Rainey, Rainelle, Rainy, Raleine, Raya▲, Rayann, Rayette, Rayleine, Raylene, Raylina, Rayline, Rayna▲, Rayne▲, Rayney, Raynelle, Raynetta, Reina▲, Reyna▲, Reyney
OTHER FORMS VIA LORRAINA, LORRAINE, RAY, REGINA Gina▼, Loraina, Raye, Rayla, Regena, Regine, Reginia, Reginna, Reine, Rejine, Rina, Riona
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Raiba, ..
(male) Raian, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Raina Milena (R.M.), ..
How popular is Raina?
Raina is a somewhat popular first name for females (#2308 out of 4276, Top 54%) and an even more popular last name for all people (#51809 out of 150436, Top 34%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Raina entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its peak rank of #738 in the U.S. in the year 2011, and is currently at #812. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular alternative forms of Raina (#812 LAST YEAR) ranked in the Top 2000 are Gina (#1802), Lorraine (#1570), Raine (#1669), Ray, Raya (#1139), Raye, Raylene, Rayna (#701), Rayne (#815), Regena, Regina (#409), Regine, Reginia, Reina (#652), Reine, Reyna (#611) and Rina. Other variants, like Rayla, are seldom used. These relations of Raina were popular 6 decades ago (MEDIAN #1574) and have become significantly less conventional since (#1454, ▼71%), with forms like Lorraine becoming less fashionable. The trendier baby names in this compilation are Raina, Raya, Rayna, Rayne, Reina and Reyna.
Similar Names
Raina▲ is alike in pronunciation to Ranae, Ranee, Rania, Ranna, Rawnie, Rayana, Raynee, Reannah, Reena, Rena▼, Renae▼, Renay, Rene▼, Renny, Rheanna, Rhianna▼, Rianna▼, Rinah, Rionna, Roanna, Roni, Ronny, Rowena▼, Royanna and Ryana. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abina, Aina, Canna, Carina, Daina, Faina, Fauna, Gavina, Geina, Hanna▼, Jaena, Jaina, Karna, Katina▼, Laina, Malina, Marina, Marna, Mina, Nina▼, Orina, Radinka, Raelina, Rain, Raisa, Raiza, Rama, Ramona▼, Ravina, Rayma, Razia, Rhica, Rica, Rika, Rima, Riva, Rozina, Rylina, Salina▼, Sana, Satina, Sina, Stina, Tabina, Taina▼, Tarina, Urina, Valina, Zaina and Zanna. These names tend to be less commonly used than Raina.
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