Rani

Where Rani comes from

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “a queen, princess, the wife of a king”), through Hindi रानी (rānī).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rani
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Rani through the years
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,994 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1971
    Peak, #1,937
    44 babies named Rani, the most in any year.
  3. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #4,737.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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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.