Rayna (given name)
Rayna is a feminine given name with multiple origins in diverse cultures.
Rayna 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.
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.”
Also spelled Reina or Reyna, it is also a Yiddish name referring to spiritual or ritual purity.
It may refer to:
- Rayna Atanasova, Bulgarian gymnast
- Rayna Denison, British film and arts scholar
- Rayna Gellert, American musician and actress
- Rayna Green, American curator and folklorist
- Rayna Grigorova, Bulgarian artistic gymnast
- Rayna Katsarova, Bulgarian ethnomusicologist
- Rayna Knyaginya, Bulgarian revolutionary
- Rayna Petkova, Bulgarian social worker
- Rayna Prohme, American journalist
- Rayna Rapp, academic
- Rayna Stewart, American professional football player and coach
- Rayna Talinska, Bulgarian actress
- Rayna Kirilova Terziyska, Bulgarian singer
- Rayna Tharani, American actress and writer
Fictional Characters
- Rayna, fictional character in the 2015 film, Spy
- Rayna, fictional character in the British thriller television series, Clique
- Rayna Cartflight, one of the main characters in the American animated television series, The Buzz on Maggie
- Rayna Cruz, reoccurring character in season 7 of The Vampire Diaries
- Rayna Jaymes, fictional lead character in the ABC/CMT musical drama series, Nashville
- Rayna Sherazi, reoccurring character from the 2015 Canadian series, ''Open Heart''