Reana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ree-AN-a
- Origin
- Welsh
Reana is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “great queen”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Reana mean?
Welsh: spelling of Reanna, itself a variant of Rhianna, from Welsh Rhiannon; also read as Rae plus Anna
“great queen”
Rhiannon, the root name, is an otherworldly queen on horseback in the Welsh Mabinogion.
Meaning borrowed from Reanna.
Is Reana a girl's or a boy's name?
Reana is a girls' name.
How popular is Reana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Reana in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,055 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Reana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brianna, Rhiannon, Cassidy, Kiara, Mckenna, Briana, Brynn, Kianna, Brenna, Kiana, Breanna, Fiona
Names related to Reana
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Reana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reana, updated 20 October 2026.