Ranis

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Tatar (Russia — Republic of Tatarstan)

Meaning

a Tatar feminine name derived from the Arabic rani (رانية) meaning a beautiful and melodious sound, pleasant to listen to, or alternatively from the Arabic root r-n-y (رنى) meaning to gaze adoringly, to look with fascination; the name entered Tatar through the vast Arabic vocabulary that accompanied the Islamisation of the Volga Bulgars (ancestors of the Tatars) beginning in the tenth century when the Volga Bulgars officially adopted Islam in 922 CE following the mission of Ibn Fadlan; Arabic-rooted names constitute a major portion of the Tatar naming stock alongside purely Turkic names and Persian-influenced compound names; Ranis is a more specifically Tatar form adapted from the Arabic original, and the -is ending gives it a distinctively Tatar character distinguishing it from the Turkish Rana or Azerbaijani variants

Gender

female

Also spelled

Ranis, Rania