# Rina (given name)

Rina is a feminine given name with multiple origins. In Japanese kanji, it could be written as (里奈, 璃奈, 莉愛, 璃菜, 利奈, 理名, 莉菜, 里菜, 梨奈, and 理菜). It is also a feminine name in the Sanskrit language meaning "melted" or "dissolved", and is also a Hebrew name meaning "song; joy". The name Rina is also a hypocoristic for various names ending with 'rina' (Italian Caterina, German Katharina, Russian Ekaterina and others) and is a feminine given name of Japanese origins. Rina is also a similar name of Rena.

## Actresses

* Rina Aizawa (逢沢 りな, born 1991), Japanese actress and gravure idol
* Rina Akiyama (秋山 莉奈, born 1985), Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality
* Rina Endō (遠藤 璃菜, born 2005), Japanese actress
* Rina Koike (小池 里奈, born 1993), Japanese actress and idol
* Rina Kitagawa (born 1993), Japanese voice actress
* Rina Misaki (born 1980), female Japanese voice actress and singer
* Rina Morelli (1908-1976), an Italian film and stage actress
* Rina Nakayama (born 1984), Japanese voice actress and actress
* Rina Satō (佐藤 利奈, born 1981), Japanese actress and singer
* Rina Uchiyama (内山 理名, born 1981), Japanese actress and idol
* Rina Zelyonaya (1902-1991), Soviet actress and singer

## Athletes

* Rina Akiyama (swimmer) (秋山 里奈), Japanese Paralympic swimmer
* Rina Hill (born 1969), Australian/British athlete
* Rina Ida (井田 莉菜, born 1991), Japanese curler
* Rina Okamoto (岡本 璃奈, born 1994), better known as Panchan Rina (ぱんちゃん 璃奈), Japanese kickboxer
* Rina Dewi Puspitasari (born 1985), Indonesian archer
* Rina Thieleke (born 1987), German ice dancer
* Rina Saigo (born 2000), Japanese tennis player

## Musicians and singers

* Rina Aiuchi (愛内 里菜, born 1980), former J-pop singer, songwriter, and producer
* Rina Balaj (born 1999), Kosovo-Albanian rapper
* Rina Chikano (近野 莉菜, born 1993), member of the J-pop idol group AKB48
* Rina Chinen (知念 里奈, born 1981), Japanese entertainer, model, TV actress, and former singer
* Rina Fujisawa (藤沢　里菜 born 1998), Japanese professional Go player
* Rina Ketty (1911-1996), French chanteuse
* Rina Massardi (1897–1979), Italian-Uruguayan singer, actress, and filmmaker
* Rina Sawayama (born 1990), Japanese-British singer-songwriter
* Rina Suzuki (musician) (鈴木理菜, born 1991), Japanese musician, drummer, and vocalist of the all-female pop rock band SCANDAL

## Other persons

* Rina Banerjee (born 1963), Indian-American artist
* Rina Foygel Barber (born 1982/83), American statistician
* Rina Chibany (born 1991), Miss Lebanon and Miss Universe 2012 contestant
* Rina Fukushi (born 1999), Japanese model
* Rina Lasnier (1915-1997), Canadian Québécoise poet
* Rina Mimoun, American television writer and producer
* Rina Mor (born 1956), first Israeli Miss Universe winner
* Rina Nose [id] (born 1984), Indonesian actress, presenter, comedian and singer
* Rina Piccolo, Canadian cartoonist
* Rina Schenfeld (born 1938), Israeli choreographer and dancer
* Rina Venter (born 1938), first woman in South African history to hold a cabinet post (Minister of National Health and Population Development)
* Rina Zazkis, Canadian educator and academic

## Fictional characters

* Rina (Guitar Hero), a character in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour
* Rina, a female bassist in the TV series Drake & Josh
* Rina, a patient from season 3 of the TV series Grey's Anatomy
* Rina Lazarus, one of the two main characters in the Decker/Lazarus novels
* Rina, the female protagonist of A Jewish Girl in Shanghai
* Rina (Suikoden), character in the console role-playing game Suikoden II
* Rina Tōin (洞院 リナ), a character from the anime and manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
* Rina Tennoji (天王寺 璃奈), a character from the media project Nijigasaki High School Idol Club
* Rina Umebayashi (梅林里奈), the main character from the Legend of the Angel webcomic series
* Rina Ishimori, a character from the video game and anime Little Battlers Experience