Rani is a girl's name of Indian origin meaning “a queen, princess, the wife of a king.” In 2024 it was given to 26 girls in the United States.
Rani at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“a queen, princess, the wife of a king”
About the name Rani
Rani belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “a queen, princess, the wife of a king” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rani first appears in Social Security records in 1946. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1959 in 1971, and in 2024 26 babies received the name — 1,879 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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