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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 怜央奈, 怜於奈, 玲央奈, 玲於奈, 伶於奈, 伶央奈, 礼央奈, 玲緒菜, 玲央名, 怜緒菜(Japanese Kanji) れおな(Japanese Hiragana) レオナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. ṘE-O-NAH  [key]

Meaning & History

As a unisex name, this name can be used as 怜央奈, 怜於奈, 玲央奈, 玲於奈 or 伶於奈 with 怜 (ryou, rei, ren, awa.remu, sato.i) meaning "wise", 玲 (rei, re) meaning "sound of jewels", 伶 (ryou, rei, wazaogi, re) meaning "actor", 央 (ou, o) meaning "centre, middle", 桜 (ou, you, sakura) meaning "cherry", 於 (o, yo, aa, oi.te, o.keru, yori) meaning "as for, at, in, on" and 奈 (dai, na, nai, ikan, karanashi) meaning "Nara, what?"

As a feminine name, it can be used as 伶央奈, 礼央奈, 玲緒菜, 玲央名, 怜緒菜 with 礼 (rai, rei, re) meaning "bow, ceremony, remuneration, salute, thanks", 緒 (sho, cho, itoguchi, o) meaning "beginning, cord, end, inception, strap, thong", 菜 (sai, na) meaning "greens, side dish, vegetable" and 名 (myou, mei, na, -na) meaning "distinguished, name, noted, reputation."

One female bearer is actress Reona Hirota (広田 レオナ), born Kumi Fukikoshi (吹越 久美) (1963-).
One male bearer is physicist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physics, Reona Esaki (江崎 玲於奈), better known as Leo Esaki (1925-).

Usage of this name for girls is, most likely, influenced by the name Leona. For boys, it's, most likely, influenced by the name Leon.
Added 2/18/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou