Rayyā
رَيَّا
Say it ray-YAA
Well-watered, never thirsty
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- r-w-y
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Raya, Rayya, Rayyaa
Meaning & source
Well-watered, never thirsty: the feminine of rayyān. Ibn Sīdah notes that Rayyā, taken for a woman’s name, is this description.
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والرَّيَّانُ: ضِدُّ العَطْشان، وَرَجُلٌ رَيّانُ وامرأَة رَيَّا مِن قَوْمٍ رِواءٍ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.