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Anyone heard of the name Reina?
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onlyme




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:07 pm
Does anyone know where the name "Reina" comes from? Is it Yiddish (meaning: clean) or Spanish (meaning: queen)?
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ChossidMom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:11 pm
My sister's name is Raynee. Here is where it came from: My mom had a good friend named Lorraine and they called her Raynee for short. LOL She has a good friend named Reina, btw.
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onlyme




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:19 pm
ChossidMom wrote:
My sister's name is Raynee. Here is where it came from: My mom had a good friend named Lorraine and they called her Raynee for short. LOL She has a good friend named Reina, btw.

But do you know what the name means? (Reina, not Raynee Smile )
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ChossidMom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:23 pm
Sorry. If I knew I would tell you...
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onlyme




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:24 pm
Anybody else?
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YALT




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:29 pm
I know s/o named raena. The parents named her after a yiddish name, but they look at it more like an English name.
I know s/o else with the name Reina (actually of her. it's my sister's friend) I'd imagine it's prob. the yiddish version.
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onlyme




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:34 pm
Thanks YALT. So then, what would it be in Hebrew? Does it mean physical clean (as in neat and clean) or "spiritual" clean (tahor?)
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Mrs Bissli




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:39 pm
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).
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YALT




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:39 pm
don't really understand your question. spelling? I think reish, 2x yud, nun, alef. I don't know if I ever heard it as a specifically hebrew name. but it can still be a possibility. After all, I always thought my name was yiddish, yet my teacher took points off my test for not spelling it correctly. She insisted it wasn't spelled the hebrew way, as she insisted my name is.
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onlyme




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:41 pm
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?
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amother


 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 3:44 pm
My housekeeper is named Raina. She is Hispanic.
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babygirl




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:01 pm
I have a friend Reina she is Syrian but I don't think the name comes from syrian backround cuz not a common syrian name...
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btMOMtoFFBs




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:06 pm
I don't know the origin, but I know of a Rayna, and I've always thought it's a gorgeous name.
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Emee




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:08 pm
It is both a yiddish name and a spanish name. In Yiddish it means clean/pure as in tahor and in spanish it does mean queen.
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Health is a Virture




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:12 pm
It was the name of my great-great grandmother. There was no Spanish descent that I know of, so I assume it was all yiddish for her :-).
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manhattanmom




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:34 pm
That's interesting. I never knew it had yiddish roots too.
I always thought it was a name of Spanish origin.
I've met more than one frum person named Reina.
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babygirl




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:38 pm
now that I think of it my cleaning ladys name was reina....
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Rochelly




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 4:41 pm
I know more than one that I can think of now... really pretty sounding name... I think!
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amother


 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 9:10 pm
Raina is my sil's cleaning lady!
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chanahlady




 
 
    
 

Post Mon, Aug 17 2009, 9:11 pm
I used to know a Reina -- she was Puerto Rican and wasn't Jewish.
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