Rina (given name)
| Gender | Female | 
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese, Sanskrit, Hebrew | 
| Meaning | Japanese: Different meanings depending on the kanji used  Hindi: "melted" Hebrew: "song, joy"  | 
| Region of origin | Japan | 
Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as (里奈, 璃奈, 莉愛, 璃菜, 利奈, 理名, 莉菜, 里菜, 梨奈, and 理菜). It is also a feminine name in the Sanskrit language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and in Hebrew it is a name meaning "song; joy".[1] The name Rina is also a hypocoristic for various names ending with 'rina' (Italian Caterina, German Katharina, Russian Ekaterina and others). Rina is also a similar name of Rena.
Actresses
- Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol
 - Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈; born 1985), Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality
 - Rina Endō (遠藤 璃菜; born 2005), Japanese actress
 - Rina Koike (小池 里奈, born 1993), Japanese actress and idol
 - Rina Kitagawa (born 1993), Japanese voice actress
 - Rina Misaki (born 1980), female Japanese voice actress and singer
 - Rina Morelli (1908-1976), an Italian film and stage actress
 - Rina Nakayama (born 1984), Japanese voice actress and actress
 - Rina Satō (佐藤 利奈, born 1981), Japanese actress and singer
 - Rina Uchiyama (内山 理名, born 1981), Japanese actress and idol
 - Rina Zelyonaya (1902-1991), Soviet actress and singer
 
Athletes
- Rina Akiyama (swimmer) (秋山 里奈), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
 - Rina Hill (born 1969), Australian/British athlete
 - Rina Ida (井田 莉菜; born 1991), Japanese curler
 - Rina Okamoto (岡本 璃奈; born 1994), better known as Panchan Rina (ぱんちゃん 璃奈), Japanese kickboxer
 - Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 1985), Indonesian archer
 - Rina Thieleke (born 1987), German ice dancer
 - Rina Saigo (born 2000), Japanese tennis player
 
Musicians and singers
- Rina Aiuchi (愛内 里菜, born 1980), former J-pop singer, songwriter, and producer
 - Rina Balaj (born 1999), Kosovo-Albanian rapper
 - Rina Chikano (近野 莉菜, born 1993), member of the J-pop idol group AKB48
 - Rina Chinen (知念 里奈, born 1981), Japanese entertainer, model, TV actress, and former singer
 - Rina Fujisawa (藤沢 里菜 born 1998), Japanese professional Go player
 - Rina Ketty (1911-1996), French chanteuse
 - Rina Massardi (1897–1979), Italian-Uruguayan singer, actress, and filmmaker
 - Rina Sawayama (born 1990), Japanese-British singer-songwriter
 - Rina Suzuki (musician) (鈴木理菜, born 1991), Japanese musician, drummer, and vocalist of the all-female pop rock band SCANDAL
 
Other persons
- Rina Banerjee (born 1963), Indian-American artist
 - Rina Foygel Barber (born 1982/83), American statistician
 - Rina Chibany (born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant
 - Rina Fukushi (born 1999), Japanese model
 - Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), Canadian Québécoise poet
 - Rina Mimoun, American television writer and producer
 - Rina Mor (born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner
 - Rina Nose (born 1984), Indonesian actress, presenter, comedian and singer
 - Rina Piccolo, Canadian cartoonist
 - Rina Schenfeld (born 1938), Israeli choreographer and dancer
 - Rina Venter (born 1938), first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post (Minister of National Health and Population Development)
 - Rina Zazkis, Canadian educator and academic
 
Fictional characters
- Rina (Guitar Hero), a character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour
 - Rina, a female bassist in the TV series Drake & Josh
 - Rina, a patient from season 3 of the TV series Grey's Anatomy
 - Rina Lazarus, one of the two main characters in the Decker/Lazarus novels
 - Rina, the female protagonist of A Jewish Girl in Shanghai
 - Rina (Suikoden), character in the console role-playing game Suikoden II
 - Rina Tōin (洞院 リナ), a character from the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
 - Rina Tennoji (天王寺 璃奈), a character from the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
 - Rina Umebayashi (梅林里奈), the main character from the Legend of the Angel webcomic series
 - Rina Ishimori, a character from the video game and anime Little Battlers Experience