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

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In Indian and Pakistani culture, "Rana" has Sanskrit origin and is a given name to males as well as a surname. Historically, it is the given title of an absolute monarch (see: Rana (title)). It is a very popular male name in Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Given name

  • 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

    • Surname

  • Ashutosh Rana (born 1964), Indian actor
  • Azmat Rana - Pakistani cricket player
  • Bakhtiar Rana, Pakistan Army lieutenant general
  • Bhim Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana; Former 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; Former Prime Minister of Nepal
  • Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1863-1929), Prime Minister of Nepal
  • Deepraj Rana, Indian actor from the 1990s to the present
  • Dev Shumsher JBR; Former Prime Minister of Nepal
  • Diljit Rana, Baron Rana (born 1938), British politician and life peer
  • Iván Raña (born 1979), Galician triathlete
  • Jaspal Rana (born 1976), Indian sport pistol shooter
  • Jung Bahadur Rana (1816-1877), ruler of Nepal and founder of the Rana dynasty
  • Kashiram Rana (1938-2012), Indian politician
  • 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), Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Nepal
  • Naseem Rana (born 1942), retired Pakistan Army three-star general and former director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence
  • Padma Shumsher JBR; Former Prime Minister of Nepal
  • 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
  • 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

    • Other

  • Jadi Rana, a person in the 1559 Zoroastrian epic poem Qissa-i Sanjan
  • Moammar Rana, a goddess in Sami mythology
  • Rana Jashraj, a Hindu deity

    • References

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