Rina (given name)

Rina
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese, Sanskrit, Hebrew
MeaningJapanese: Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Hindi: "melted"
Hebrew: "song, joy"
Region of originJapan

Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as (里奈, 璃奈, 莉愛, 璃菜, 利奈, 理名, 莉菜, 里菜, 梨奈, and 理菜). It is also a feminine name in the Sanskrit language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and is also a Hebrew name meaning "song; joy".[1] The name Rina is also a hypocoristic for various names ending with 'rina' (Italian Caterina, German Katharina, Russian Ekaterina and others) and is a feminine given name of Japanese origins. Rina is also a similar name of Rena.

Actresses

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  • Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol
  • Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, born 1985), Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality
  • Rina Endō (遠藤 璃菜, born 2005), Japanese actress
  • Rina Koike (小池 里奈, born 1993), Japanese actress and idol
  • Rina Kitagawa (born 1993), Japanese voice actress
  • Rina Misaki, female Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Rina Morelli (1908-1976), an Italian film and stage actress
  • Rina Nakayama (born 1984), Japanese voice actress and actress
  • Rina Satō (佐藤 利奈, born 1981), Japanese actress and singer
  • Rina Uchiyama (内山 理名, born 1981), Japanese actress and idol
  • Rina Zelyonaya (1902-1991), Soviet actress and singer

Athletes

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  • Rina Akiyama (swimmer) (秋山 里奈), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
  • Rina Hill (born 1969), Australian/British athlete
  • Rina Ida (井田 莉菜, born 1991), Japanese curler
  • Rina Okamoto (岡本 璃奈, born 1994), better known as Panchan Rina (ぱんちゃん 璃奈), Japanese kickboxer
  • Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 1985), Indonesian archer
  • Rina Thieleke (born 1987), German ice dancer
  • Rina Saigo (born 2000), Japanese tennis player

Musicians and singers

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  • Rina Aiuchi (愛内 里菜, born 1980), former J-pop singer, songwriter, and producer
  • Rina Balaj (born 1999), Kosovo-Albanian rapper
  • Rina Chikano (近野 莉菜, born 1993), member of the J-pop idol group AKB48
  • Rina Chinen (知念 里奈, born 1981), Japanese entertainer, model, TV actress, and former singer
  • Rina Fujisawa (藤沢　里菜 born 1998), Japanese professional Go player
  • Rina Ketty (1911-1996), French chanteuse
  • Rina Massardi (1897–1979), Italian-Uruguayan singer, actress, and filmmaker
  • Rina Sawayama (born 1990), Japanese-British singer-songwriter
  • Rina Suzuki (musician) (鈴木理菜, born 1991), Japanese musician, drummer, and vocalist of the all-female pop rock band SCANDAL

Other persons

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  • Rina Banerjee (born 1963), Indian-American artist
  • Rina Foygel Barber (born 1982/83), American statistician
  • Rina Chibany (born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant
  • Rina Fukushi (born 1999), Japanese model
  • Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), Canadian Québécoise poet
  • Rina Mimoun, American television writer and producer
  • Rina Mor (born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner
  • Rina Nose [id] (born 1984), Indonesian actress, presenter, comedian and singer
  • Rina Piccolo, Canadian cartoonist
  • Rina Schenfeld (born 1938), Israeli choreographer and dancer
  • Rina Venter (born 1938), first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post (Minister of National Health and Population Development)
  • Rina Zazkis, Canadian educator and academic

Fictional characters

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References

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  1. ^ "Nickelodeon Parents".
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