title: Rayna (given name)
text: # 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 Gellert (born 1975), American musician and actress
  * Rayna Knyaginya (Rayna Popgeorgieva Futekova (Райна Попгеоргиева Футекова (1856-1917), Bulgarian revolutionary
  * Rayna Petkova (Райна Петкова, 1895 – 1957), Bulgarian social worker
  * Rayna Kirilova Terziyska (Райна Кирилова Терзийска, Bulgarian singer
  