Anyone heard of the name Reina?

amother

Mon, Aug 17 2009, 11:33 pm

I know Rena or spelled Rina its a beutiful name.

wwmom

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 12:25 am

I know of a Rayna. She is from argentina originally and she's sefardi. she doesn't have any other hebrew name even though she is FFB so in her case that is her jewish name.

Mommish

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 12:40 am

I know someone with that name, but I think she spells it Raina. Her family is some kind of sephardic; they speak Ladino. It might be a Ladino name?

cubbie

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 12:45 am

I have a good friend who's name is spelt with a y - Reyna - but in Israel she has now become Rina.

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 8:09 am

Reina/Reyna is definitely a Ladino name (means queen). It was imported into Yiddish countries and you find Yiddish speaking Reyna Esthers for example (the name is common in some chassiduyos).

Chayalle

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 10:04 am

There was a frum, Sephardi family from Mexico that rented a house near me for the summer...they had a daughter named Rayna. No idea if I'm spelling that right.

Ruchel

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 10:24 am

Reyna 'queen'
Reyna (found on documents from) 1294, 1328, 1337, 1345, 1351, 1362, 1364, 1366
Reynna 1366
הניאר (Reyna) 1362

http://www.s-gabriel.org/names......html

amother

Tue, Aug 18 2009, 10:57 am

I know a few ppl. by the name Reyna (whatever the spelling is..) They are ultra Chasidish, not sefardish.

mominisrael2

Wed, Aug 19 2009, 2:52 pm

onlyme wrote:

Mrs Bissli wrote:

Reina means queen in Spanish. Regina which also has similar meaning used to be quite a popular name among sephardim (also used as english name for Rachel).

So it's the same as Malka?

My DD Malka was named for a Regina...I know of at least two Raynas off the top of my head -- love the name.

Sherri

Wed, Aug 19 2009, 3:10 pm

I know an Ashkenazi frum woman by that name.

Ruchel

Wed, Aug 19 2009, 3:12 pm

Many today want only Hebrew and name Malka after a Reyna or a Regina.

neverbored

Mon, Oct 19 2009, 11:21 pm

Sherri wrote:

I know an Ashkenazi frum woman by that name.

so do I, and if I remember correctly she used to spell it R-A-I-N-A. Met her in camp millions of years ago.

Imaonwheels

Tue, Oct 20 2009, 5:35 am

I just met a 4 month old cute Jewish Reina yesterday. First time I ever heard the name.

Isramom8

Tue, Oct 20 2009, 5:45 am

I new a very nice Reina, with the name meaning "Malka", only in Sefardi.
Just be aware that people will always confuse the name with Rena/Rina.

Ariellush

Fri, Nov 13 2009, 5:10 am

This name is a Ladino name. Before the Second World War, it used to be a very common name among Sfaradim, at least in Europe. I had several Reinas (Reina or Rena - means queen, Malka) in my family.

amother

Wed, Dec 16 2009, 3:35 pm

My name is reish yud yud nun alef. But, it is not like "rain", more like "eye". Nevermind that my parents, I guess you can call it, totally Americanized it and I am called w/o any Yud making a sound- more like Donna, with an R...

I am named after my grandmother- chasidish and my father always said it was yiddish meaning Pure. But, obviously the other meanings are valid too.

Boys"R"Us

Sat, Dec 19 2009, 10:26 pm

I knew someone with that name - she was Indian (from India), and not Jewish.

~Debbie