Rana (name)

Rana in Arabic (Arabic: رنا‎); the name means "eye-catching", stemming from the word yarnū (Arabic: يرنو‎), meaning "to gaze at longingly". It is a given name for females in Arabic-speaking countries.

This article is about the name and surname of people. For the Marathi name, see Rane (surname). For other uses, see Rana.

In the Indian subcontinent, especially in Indian culture, "Rāṇā" (Devanāgarī: राणा) has Sanskrit origin, and is denoted as a title.

People with the name

Given name
  • Rana Afzal Khan (1949–2019), former PML-N leader, finance minister, member of the Pakistan National Assembly, and former parliamentary secretary of finance, revenue and privatization
  • Dima Al Kasti (born 2001), Lebanese footballer
  • Rana Bhagwandas (born 1942), former acting chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
  • Rana Daggubati (born 1984), Indian film producer, visual effects co-ordinator, photographer and actor
  • Rana Dasgupta (born 1971), British-Indian novelist and essayist
  • Rana Foroohar (born 1970), journalist, economic analyst and author
  • Rana Hussein (born 1969), a daughter of Saddam Hussein
  • Rana Mashood Ahmad Khan, deputy speaker, Punjab Assembly
  • Rana Mitter, British historian and Oxford University professor
  • Rana Mohammad Hanif Khan, Finance Minister of Pakistan
  • Rana Muhammad Akram Khan, chairman executive Punjab Bar Council
  • Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Speaker Punjab (Pakistan) Assembly
  • Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
  • Rana Nazeer Ahmed Khan, Pakistani politician
  • Rana Sanaullah Khan, Law Minister of Punjab
  • Rana Tanveer Hussain, former minister of defence production
  • Rana Waitai (born 1942), New Zealand politician
  • Rana KP Singh, Speaker Punjab (India) Assembly

Surname

Other

See also
  • Raña, Spanish surname
  • Rania

References
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