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in reply to a message by FloydWright
According to what I have found, Aruna means "ruby" in Sanskrit. Ruhanna could be a variant of Rehana, which means "fragrant plant" - I'm not sure in which language, but I knew a Rehana once and she was from Bangladesh.
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Aruna is not quite ruby in connotation.
It could be from R to rise or go along a path, and is connected with the rising sun. Its oldest meanings are red/reddish-brown as opposed to the darkness of night. In classical mythology, the main meaning is the charioteer who carries the sun across the sky on its daily travel, and personifies dawn; loosely, it means the red sun itself. It has a number of other technical meanings and names a number of other mythological characters.
It could be from R to rise or go along a path, and is connected with the rising sun. Its oldest meanings are red/reddish-brown as opposed to the darkness of night. In classical mythology, the main meaning is the charioteer who carries the sun across the sky on its daily travel, and personifies dawn; loosely, it means the red sun itself. It has a number of other technical meanings and names a number of other mythological characters.
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I've actually seen the name Ruhanna on what seems to be old census records from the U.S. (19th century). I don't know that it's common, but I think that it may be American. Not sure, though.
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