name
Rayen
rye-EN
raɪˈɛnListen
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Syllable breakdown
Rayen
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mapuche (Chile/Argentina)
- Meaning
- a Mapuche feminine name from Mapudungun meaning flower, one of the most common and beloved names among Mapuche women; the flower occupies an important place in Mapuche textile art, ceremony, and ecological knowledge, and women who bear this name are associated with the beauty, fragility, and seasonal renewal of the wildflowers of the Chilean and Argentinian landscape; Rayen also carries connotations of the spiritual dimension of the natural world in Mapuche belief, in which plants, animals, and landforms are inhabited by spiritual forces called ngen that must be honoured through correct relationship and ritual practice
- Gender
- female
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