Entry № 8527 · Sanskrit origin

Rani Rani — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-nee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Queen (Rani Mukerji + the Hindi word for queen)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Sanskrit)

A name that means "queen (rani mukerji + the hindi word for queen)".

Rani (रानी) is the Sanskrit-Hindi word for "queen" — feminine of raja, used as a title for Indian princesses, royal consorts, and Hindu and Sikh sovereign women. Rani Mukerji (born 1978) — Indian actress whose 30-year Hindi cinema career has produced four Filmfare Best Actress wins (the third-most ever) — for Hum Tum (2004), Black (2005), Mardaani (2014), Hichki (2018). Padma Shri (2024). Rani Karnaa — Indian classical dancer.

Queen (Rani Mukerji + the Hindi word for queen) — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

रानी
Transliteration
Rānī
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑː.niː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rani stands.

Rani does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ranis before her.

Real people
Rani Mukerji
Indian actress.
born 1978
Rani Channamma
19th-century Indian queen.
1778 – 1829
In fiction
Rani
Various Bollywood films.

Names connected to Rani.

The number behind Rani.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rani reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.