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Rina (given name)

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Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Japan

Word/name
  
Japanese, Sanskrit, Hebrew

Meaning
  
Japanese: Different meanings depending on the kanji used Hindi: "melted" Hebrew: "song, joy"

Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. It may be a shortened familiar version of the names Irina, Irena, Irene, Regina, Zarinah, Sarena, Karina, Serena, Sabrina, Darina or others. It is also a feminine name in the Sanskrit language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and is also a Hebrew name meaning "song; joy". The name Rina is also a Russian hypocoristic for Ekaterina and is a feminine given name of Japanese origins, where it was proportionately used the most in the twentieth century.

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Actresses

  • Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol
  • Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, born 1985), Japanese actress
  • Rina Koike (小池 里奈, born 1993), Japanese actress and idol
  • Rina Nagasaki (長崎 莉奈, born 1987), Japanese gravure idol
  • Rina Misaki, female Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Rina Morelli (1908-1976), an Italian film and stage actress
  • Rina Nakanishi (中西 里菜, born 1988), Japanese singer, AV idol, and former member of the idol pop group AKB48
  • 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
  • Ita Rina (1907-1979), Yugoslav actress

    • Athletes

  • Rina Hill (born 1969), Australian/British athlete
  • Rina Thieleke (born 1987), German ice dancer
  • Puspitasari Rina Dewi (born 1985), Indonesian athlete who competes in archery

    • Art and literature

  • Rina Banerjee (born 1963), Indian-American artist
  • Rina Brundu (born 1968), Italian writer and author of the novel Tana di Volpe
  • Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), Canadian, Québécoise poet
  • Rina Zazkis, Canadian scholar

    • 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 Ketty (1911-1996), French chanteuse
  • Rina Suzuki (鈴木理菜, born 1991), Japanese musician, drummer, and vocalist of the all-female pop rock band SCANDAL

    • Other persons

  • Rina Chibany (born 1991), Lebanese beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Lebanon in the Miss Universe 2012 pageant
  • Rina Mimoun, American television writer and producer who has written for many popular shows such as Dawson's Creek, and Gilmore Girls
  • Rina Mor (born 1956), the first Israeli Miss Universe winner
  • Rina Schenfeld (born 1938), Israeli choreographer and dancer

    • Fictional characters

  • Rina (Guitar Hero), a character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour
  • 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

    • References

    Rina (given name) Wikipedia
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