Rina
[ˈriːnə]Meaning
short form of names ending in -rina; also Hebrew "joy, singing" and Sanskrit "melted"
Background Story
Rina is a short form of Caterina or Catharina and of other names ending in -rina, including Italian Caterina, German Katharina and Russian Ekaterina. As a Hebrew name it means "joy, singing", and as a Sanskrit name it comes from रीण (rīṇa), meaning "melted". It is used as a given name in Albanian, Armenian, Basque, Belarusian, Breton, Bulgarian, Catalan, Corsican, Croatian and Czech, and in Japanese it can be written with kanji such as 里奈 and 璃奈.
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