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Rani

/RAH-nee/Hausa · a boy’s name

“A boy born during the dry or hot season.”

How to say it
RAH-nee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
uncommon · also a surname

From the same family

01Raniya“One who gazes or looks intently.”Hausafemale→︎