Ratna

Short and snappy with an appealing meaning, Ratna is a Hindi name, derived from a Sanskrit word meaning "jewel" or "treasure". While some English speakers may be put off by the "rat" beginning, in Hindi it would be said more gently, more like rut to rhyme with put.

The rapper and singer known professionally as Doja Cat has Ratna as one of her middle names (full name: Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini), while another notable bearer is Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, the former Queen of Nepal. There's also Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno, better known as Dewi Fujin, a TV personality, businesswoman, and socialite, and wife of the first President of Indonesia, and there's the actress Ratna Pathak too.

Popular in India and in Indonesia where it is predominantly used on girls, it is considered a unisex name and is given more noticeably to boys in Nepal and Qatar. Other variations include Rathna, Ratan, and Ratnam.

Pronounced RAHT-nuh.