Entry № 8534 · Sanskrit origin

Ranu Ranu — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-noo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
Meaning
"Musical string / instrument"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "musical string / instrument".

Ranu is from the Sanskrit Ranu.

Musical string / instrument — a Sanskrit name.

The name in its native script.

रणु
Transliteration
Ranu
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑː.nuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ranu stands.

Ranu does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ranus before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ranana tinkling / Nupura Kankana Kanchuka anklets / Kalidasa Ritusamhara Meghaduta / Ranu Mondal Kolkata street singer 2019 / Maharana Pratap Rajput 1540-1597
Sanskrit musical-instrument-string tinkling-sound + Ranaṇa Sanskrit-poetic + Nūpura + Kaṅkaṇa + Kañcuka anklets-bells-bracelet + Kalidasa Ritusaṃhāra + Meghaduta + Ranu Mondal 2019 Kolkata-street-singer viral Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma + Maharana Pratap 1540-1597 Rajput-Mewar + Rana honorific
Hindu Rana

Names connected to Ranu.

The number behind Ranu.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ranu reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.