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), Japanese actress, gravure idol and television personality
 * Rina Endō (遠藤 璃菜), Japanese actress
 * Rina Koike (小池 里奈, born 1993), Japanese actress and idol
 * Rina Kitagawa (born 1993), Japanese voice actress
 * Rina Misaki, 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), Japanese curler
 * Rina Okamoto (岡本 璃奈), 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, 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 (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