Rana (name)
Rana in Arabic (Arabic: رنا); the name means "glittering object", "noticeable", stemming from the word yarnū (Arabic: يرنو), meaning "to gaze at longingly". It is a given name for females in Arabic-speaking countries.
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
Rana
- Kaji Abhiman Singh Rana Magar, Nepalese General
- Ashutosh Rana (born 1964), Indian actor
- Azmat Rana, Pakistani cricket player
- Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, former chief of Nepal Army
- Bakhtiar Rana, Pakistan Army lieutenant general
- Bal Krishna Sama, (born as Bal Krishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana); Nepali playwright
- Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; fourteenth prime minister of Nepal
- Bhim Singh Rana (c. 1707–1756), ruler of princely state of Goha (in present-day India)
- Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; eleventh prime minister of Nepal
- Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1863–1929), thirteenth prime minister of Nepal
- Deepraj Rana, Indian actor from the 1990s to the present
- Dev Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; former prime minister of Nepal
- Devyani Rana; Nepali princess
- Diljit Rana, Baron Rana (born 1938), British politician and life peer
- Diamond Shumsher Rana, Nepali story writer
- Gaurav Shumsher JB Rana, former chief of Nepal Army
- Gyanu Rana; Nepali singer
- Jaspal Rana (born 1976), Indian sport pistol shooter
- Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana; fifteenth prime minister of Nepal
- Jung Bahadur Rana (1816–1877), ruler of Nepal and founder of the Rana dynasty
- Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Chief of Nepal Army
- Kashiram Rana (1938–2012), Indian politician
- Kiran Shamsher Rana, former chief of Nepal Army
- Kuber Singh Rana, former chief of Nepal Police from Magar caste
- Luigi Rana (born 1986), Italian footballer
- Manjural Islam Rana (1984–2007), Bangladeshi cricketer
- Masood Rana (1938–1995), Pakistani playback singer
- Moammar Rana, Pakistani actor from the 1996 to the present
- Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1967), seventeenth prime minister of Nepal and Foreign Minister of Nepal
- Munawwar Rana, Indian poet
- Nara Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- Naseem Rana (born 1942), retired Pakistan Army three-star general and former director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence
- Natasha Rana Gajewski, American CEO and Founder of Symple Health.
- Om Bikram Rana, former chief of Nepal Police
- Padma Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana; former prime minister of Nepal
- Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana; former minister; Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal politician
- Pradip Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- Ratna Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- S. R. Rana (1878–1957), Indian political activist
- Shafqat Rana, former Pakistani cricketer
- Shakoor Rana, Pakistani cricket player
- Santosh Rana, Indian politician
- Santosh Rana (CPI), Indian communist politician
- Sohail Rana (born 1938), Pakistani music composer for films
- Sohel Rana (disambiguation), several Bangladeshis
- Subarna Shamsher Rana, former prime minister of Nepal
- Tahawwur Hussain Rana (born 1961), Pakistani-Canadian businessman and former physician convicted of providing support to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and of plotting an attack
- Toran Shumsher J.B.R., former chief of Nepal Police
- Udaya Shumsher Rana, Nepalese politician it is one of the royal families of all of Asia
- Rana KP Singh, Speaker Punjab (India) Assembly
Other
- Jadi Rana, a person in the 1559 Zoroastrian epic poem Qissa-i Sanjan
- Rana Niejta, a goddess in Sami mythology
- Rana Jashraj, a Hindu deity
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.