New Post
Search
Help
ArchivesMeaning of Rina
We named our daughter Rina. In Hebrew, it means a joy that is both complete and spiritual. It has inaccurately been reported as meaning "joyful song" or simply "song" (which is actually "Shira"), but one can see how "joyful song" might have crept in there.
This fairly idiomatic meaning was explained to me in this way: if you imagine a linear spectrum of good feelings from 'mere' joy ("simcha") to love ("ahava"), then "Rina" is orthogonal to that spectrum, reaching upwards towards God.
As an aside, Rina (I am told) also means "Queen" in Hindu.
This fairly idiomatic meaning was explained to me in this way: if you imagine a linear spectrum of good feelings from 'mere' joy ("simcha") to love ("ahava"), then "Rina" is orthogonal to that spectrum, reaching upwards towards God.
As an aside, Rina (I am told) also means "Queen" in Hindu.
1
Replies
Rina/Reena does exist in north India, but probably as a reflex of the European usage
1
Same reason i also chose this name Rina for my daughter as well, the Indian version is not the same, it’s spelt Reena. Also has another meaning as ‘second’, our daughter was second we lost the first child in early stages of pregnancy. Hence i chose this name.
1
A lot of the Rinas to be found where I live are crypto Catherinas.
1