Graceful or bright protector
Rayona is a modern American coinage, likely blending the name Ray with the suffix -ona. It is often associated with the Germanic roots of Raymond, meaning 'wise protector', or the Latin 'radius' meaning 'beam of light'. The name gained some literary recognition through the protagonist of the 1987 novel 'A Yellow Raft in Blue Water'.
Less common today
Rayona isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #4,314 in 2000.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
The teenage protagonist of the novel 'A Yellow Raft in Blue Water' · A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
