Rina (given name)

Rina

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese, Sanskrit, Hebrew
Meaning	Japanese: Different meanings depending on the kanji used Hindi: "melted" Hebrew: "song, joy"
Region of origin	Japan

Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as (里奈, 璃奈, 莉愛, 璃菜, 利奈, 理名, 莉菜, 里菜, 梨奈, 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". 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 is also a similar name of Rena.

Actresses

• Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, born 1991), 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 Kitagawa (born 1993), Japanese voice actress
• Rina Misaki, female Japanese voice actress and singer
• Rina Morelli (1908-1976), an Italian film and stage actress
• Rina Nakayama (born 1984), Japanese voice actress and 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

• Rina Akiyama (swimmer) (秋山 里奈), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
• Rina Hill (born 1969), Australian/British athlete
• Rina Ida (井田 莉菜, born 1991), Japanese curler
• Rina Okamoto (岡本 璃奈, born 1994), better known as Panchan Rina (ぱんちゃん 璃奈), Japanese kickboxer
• Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 1985), Indonesian archer
• Rina Thieleke (born 1987), German ice dancer
• Rina Saigo (born 2000), Japanese tennis player

Musicians and singers

• Rina Aiuchi (愛内 里菜, born 1980), former J-pop singer, songwriter, and producer
• Rina Balaj (born 1999), Kosovo-Albanian rapper
• 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 (born 1982/83), American statistician
• Rina Chibany (born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant
• Rina Fukushi (born 1999), Japanese model
• Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), Canadian Québécoise poet
• Rina Mimoun, American television writer and producer
• Rina Mor (born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner
• Rina Nose (born 1984), Indonesian actress, presenter, comedian and singer
• Rina Piccolo, Canadian cartoonist
• 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 and 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