[Facts] Re: Rena (Rana,Rina, Renana,...)
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.