Rania may refer to: Places Rania, Haryana, a City in Sirsa District, Haryana state of India. Ranya, a district in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan Rania block, a community development block, in Jharkhand, India Rania, Khunti, a village in Jharkhand, India People Rania or Raniah (Arabic: رَانِيَة rāniyah), also spelt Raniya, Raniyah, is an Arabic female given name. The name stems from the Arabic auxiliary verb ranā ilayhi (رَنَا إِلَيْهِ), literally implies "as long as looking at the person with a stillness of a blink or wink, or the predominant response". This auxiliary verb is derived from the verb rāna (رَانَ) meaning "predominate, prevail, reign in, overcome, overwhelm, seize", and include several meanings like "getting over (win something over), conquering, mastering" or "conceal, be covered, fill up". Rania Al Abdullah (born 1970), Queen consort of Jordan Rania Elwani (born 1977), Egyptian swimmer Rania Mamoun (born 1979), Sudanese journalist and novelist Rania Hussein Muhammad Tawfiq, known as Ruby (born 1981), Egyptian singer Rania Zeriri (born 1986), Dutch singer Entertainment Rania, a former name of the South Korean girl group Blackswan Rânia, a 2012 Brazilian drama film Arabic feminine given names