Rayna (given name)

Rayna is a feminine given name with multiple origins in diverse cultures.

Rayna (Bulgarian: Райна) is a diminutive of Slavic names such as Radka that contain the element rad-, meaning “happy.” Raya, another name with unrelated origins from multiple cultures, is another Bulgarian variant of the name.

Rayna can also be derived from a name of Germanic origin. Related masculine forms with the same origins are Ragnar, Rainer, Rainier, Rayner, or Reinhard. All mean “strong counsel.”

Also spelled Reina or Reyna, it is also a Yiddish name referring to spiritual or ritual purity.

It may refer to:

• Rayna Atanasova (born 1944), Bulgarian gymnast
• Rayna Denison, British film and arts scholar
• Rayna Gellert (born 1975), American musician and actress
• Rayna Green (born 1942), American curator and folklorist
• Rayna Grigorova (born 1931), Bulgarian artistic gymnast
• Rayna Katsarova (1901–1984), Bulgarian ethnomusicologist
• Rayna Knyaginya (1856-1917), Bulgarian revolutionary
• Rayna Petkova (1895 – 1957), Bulgarian social worker
• Rayna Prohme (1894 - 1927), American journalist
• Rayna Rapp (born 1946), academic
• Rayna Stewart (born 1973), American professional football player and coach
• Rayna Talinska (born 1888), Bulgarian actress
• Rayna Kirilova Terziyska (born 1981), Bulgarian singer
• Rayna Tharani (born 1980), American actress and writer

Fictional Characters

• Rayna, fictional character in the 2015 film, Spy
• Rayna, fictional character in the British thriller television series, Clique
• Rayna Cartflight, one of the main characters in the American animated television series, The Buzz on Maggie
• Rayna Cruz, reoccurring character in season 7 of The Vampire Diaries
• Rayna Jaymes, fictional lead character in the ABC/CMT musical drama series, Nashville
• Rayna Sherazi, reoccurring character from the 2015 Canadian series, Open Heart