Raina vs. Rayna?

macska3

How would you spell this name?

sunflowermama42212

Reina but all our acceptable according to behind the name it just depends which culture your taking it from

macska3

Mwhigham22 said:

Reina but all our acceptable according to behind the name it just depends which culture your taking it from

I've never seen that spelling before! BTN says Raina and Rayna are both Bulgarian. Reina is Spanish and Yiddish, according to BTN.

macska3

HisGirlFriday929 said:

The only person I've ever known w/this name spelled it Raina.

I've never met a person with this name, but a recent post had Rayna in it and people were talking about Rayna/Raina, and I wanted to see how many people spelled it! 

NerdyLucy

I know a Rana and a Raenah. I'm not saying those are correct, but they're the only ones I've seen in real life. I think Raina seem more correct to me.

macska3

NerdyLucy said:

I know a Rana and a Raenah. I'm not saying those are correct, but they're the only ones I've seen in real life. I think Raina seem more correct to me.

Rana seems like it rhymes with Hannah

and I don't even want to touch on Raenah haha

amand3lee2

My poll had the name Rayna in it. I had never seen it spelled like that before but I used to read this book called The Rainbabies when I was little and I loved the name but I just changed the spelling because I like names with a Y in them.

It's really cute either way you spell it I think.

macska3

amand3lee2 said:

My poll had the name Rayna in it. I had never seen it spelled like that before but I used to read this book called The Rainbabies when I was little and I loved the name but I just changed the spelling because I like names with a Y in them.

It's really cute either way you spell it I think.

Rayna is still a legitimate Bulgarian name.

amand3lee2

nadchael said:

amand3lee2 said:

My poll had the name Rayna in it. I had never seen it spelled like that before but I used to read this book called The Rainbabies when I was little and I loved the name but I just changed the spelling because I like names with a Y in them.

It's really cute either way you spell it I think.

Rayna is still a legitimate Bulgarian name.

I didn't know that. So many different baby name sites have so many different meanings and origins for names. I saw on one site that it's Scandinavian & Israeli?

I think I'm sold on it either way 

queenbone

I know two Raynas and 1 Raina so Rayna looks the most correct to me. The one I've known the longest was named for her parents Raymond + Ramona.

LadyMacaron

Reina, because I'm spanish. It means Queen.

doublefiesta

I voted Rayna bc the pronunciation is the clearest. Raina could be rah-EE-nah...there are enough Spanish speakers around here it could be frequently pronounced that way.

Cat&S

I knew someone with the name. She spelled it Reina.

KTZ17

I would spell it Reina because that's how you spell it in Spanish.

oliversmommy32912

I know three people with this name. They all spell it Reina.

sunflowermama42212

doublefiesta said:

I voted Rayna bc the pronunciation is the clearest. Raina could be rah-EE-nah...there are enough Spanish speakers around here it could be frequently pronounced that way.

Spanish was my first language and i would never have thought to pronounce Raina like rah ee nah. But I also was in English classes right at kindergarten so it could just be me.

macska3

I'm not going with the Spanish one, because it's Spanish. I'm not Spanish at all.

ETA: I like the A spellings better