Raina

Where Raina comes from

The dictionaries list Raina as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1934
    Raina Kabaivanska born
    Bulgarian opera singer
  2. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,960 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1977
    Raina Telgemeier born
    American cartoonist, illustrator and writer
  4. 2011
    Peak, #737
    375 babies named Raina — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Raina Kabaivanska · Bulgarian opera singer, born 1934
  • Raina Telgemeier · American cartoonist, illustrator and writer, born 1977
  • Raina Hein · US fashion model, born 1987
  • Raina Rose · American singer-songwriter, born 1982
  • Raina Forbin · Haitian politician, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.