# Rana

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,962

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A large municipality in Nordland county, Norway. See Rana, Norway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Etymology
Various origins of surname:
* Borrowed from Hindi राणा (rāṇā), a Rajput surname which probably is a back-formation from रानी (rānī, “queen”).
* Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Rana, a nickname for someone with bulging eyes or a croaky voice, from rana (“frog”).
* Borrowed from Galician Raña, a habitational surname from a village in the province of A Coruña.

## Easily confused with
- **RN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rn)
- **run** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-run)
- **ray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-ray)
- **raw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-raw)
- **Ron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-ron)
- **rat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rat)
- **rap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rap)
- **RNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rna)
- **ren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-ren)
- **Rea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rea)
- **Rao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rao)
- **ras** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-ras)
- **rin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rin)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rsa)
- **ria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-ria)
- **RNC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rnc)
- **rav** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rav)
- **RFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rfa)
- **Roa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-roa)
- **RTA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rana-vs-rta)

## Common misspellings (5)
`arna`, `raan`, `ranna`, `rnaa`, `rrana`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rana