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Meaning of the nameRanna

Ranna is a spelling of the name Rana, which means “to stare”.

Meaning

“to stare”

Meaning of the name Rana, of which Ranna is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Rana (árabe)

People (2022)
2,663
Rank in Brazil
#4,223
Median age
12 years
2010 Census
1,417
people

Ranna in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ranna, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (912 people).

2,642 women 21 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ranna is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ranna in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Amazonas 0.008%
  2. Maranhão 0.005%
  3. Pará 0.004%
  4. Bahia 0.003%
  5. Ceará 0.002%
All states
StatePeople% of population
Bahia3830.003%
Maranhão3250.005%
Amazonas3050.008%
Pará2990.004%
Ceará1750.002%
Rio de Janeiro1340.001%
Pernambuco1290.001%
São Paulo1110.000%
Minas Gerais970.001%
Goiás850.001%
Piauí780.002%
Espírito Santo650.002%
Paraíba600.002%
Rio Grande do Norte590.002%
Tocantins490.003%
Distrito Federal400.001%
Amapá390.005%
Acre370.005%
Roraima350.006%
Alagoas280.001%
Mato Grosso250.001%
Santa Catarina240.000%
Rio Grande do Sul230.000%
Sergipe220.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Ranna

It doubles the N; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists it among the spelling variants of Rana.

About the name Rana

Behind the Name records Rana as an Arabic feminine name, written رنا, meaning 'to look, to gaze attentively', and shows the name among those recorded in Brazil. The same source also lists a masculine Rana, used in Punjabi, Urdu and Bengali, and a Persian feminine Rana, a transcription of رعنا. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,096 people named Rana, with a median age of 12, most of them born from 2000 on and almost always women. The name dictionary lists Ranna among the spelling variants of Rana.

Other spellings of Rana

SpellingPeople (2022)
Rana5,096
Ranna2,663

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Rana (árabe) · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Rana · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
  3. Wiktionary: رنا · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Ranna

What does the name Ranna mean?

Ranna means “to stare”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Rana, of which Ranna is a spelling.

How many people are named Ranna in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,663 people with the first name Ranna, which ranks it number 4,223 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Ranna a boy's or a girl's name?

Ranna is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,642 women and 21 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ranna?

Ranna is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ranna most common?

Proportionally, in Amazonas: 0.008% of the state's population is named Ranna (305 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ranna?

Rana. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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