Re: Rena (Rana,Rina, Renana,...)
in reply to a message by Swiff
That's right, and you can add Ronit and Rinat, and Ran, Ronen and Ron for boys to the list. (BTW, Renana is a lot less common in Israel than Rina, Roni and Ronit.)
What's interesting is that the Hebrew word in the link the original poster gave was Rina, not Rena - pronounced REE-na. Reh-na is not used as a Hebrew name at all that I know of. (+ I couldn't find it in any Hebrew name lists, nor does Google give any hits for Rena as a name.)
The only Israeli Rena I know is a woman who uses it as a variant of Renee.
What's interesting is that the Hebrew word in the link the original poster gave was Rina, not Rena - pronounced REE-na. Reh-na is not used as a Hebrew name at all that I know of. (+ I couldn't find it in any Hebrew name lists, nor does Google give any hits for Rena as a name.)
The only Israeli Rena I know is a woman who uses it as a variant of Renee.