Rina (given name)

Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as (里奈, 莉愛, 璃菜, 利奈, 理名, 莉菜, 里菜, 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
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese, Sanskrit, Hebrew
MeaningJapanese: Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Hindi: "melted"
Hebrew: "song, joy"
Region of originJapan

Actresses

  • Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, born 1998), 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 Misaki, female Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Rina Morelli (1908-1976), an Italian film and stage 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

Musicians and singers

  • Rina Aiuchi (愛内 里菜, born 1980), former J-pop singer, songwriter, and producer
  • 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

  • Rina Banerjee (born 1963), Indian-American artist
  • Rina Foygel Barber, American statistician
  • Rina Chibany (born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant
  • Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), Canadian Québécoise poet
  • Rina Mimoun, American television writer and producer
  • Rina Mor (born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner
  • 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

  • Rina (Guitar Hero), a character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour
  • Rina, a female bassist in the TV series Drake & Josh
  • Rina, a patient from season 3 of the TV series Grey's Anatomy
  • Rina Lazarus, one of the two main characters in the Decker/Lazarus novels
  • Rina, the female protagonist of A Jewish Girl in Shanghai
  • Rina (Suikoden), character in the console role-playing game Suikoden II
  • Rina Tōin (洞院 リナ), a character from the anime an manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
  • Rina Tennoji (天王寺 璃奈), a character from the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
  • Rina Umebayashi (梅林里奈), the main character from the Legend of the Angel webcomic series

References

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