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Re: Sean in the database (a question for Mike C?)
hi im not mike c-i noticed you sighned your name reyanna-i have a friend that recently picked the name rhiyana and i cant find the meaning of that name-maybe its related to your name?
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sounds like it...Really my parents just made it up. My dad liked Rhiannon, but my mom did NOT want me named after that Fleetwood Mac song (though a good song!). My mom loved the name Rae, and she really liked Anna (pron. aw-na instead of ann-a) so they just comprimised with Reyanna (ray-AWN-uh). :) I say my name means "graceful sheep" or "graceful lamb", which is the meaning when you put Rae and Anna together.There is a Turkish name: Reyhan, which means "sweet-smelling flower", and Reyanna is also a form of some Arabic word, but I don't remember. My friend from Saudi Arabia told me that. But your friend's idea for a name looks like a form of Rhiannon, and you can follow the hyperlink for that one. :) Or it could be from the Greek rhaion, which means "more relaxed".*reyanna joy*
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interesting-its got to be connected to rhinnon-my research and other people tell me its so-thanks
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