'''राणा''' एक ऐतिहासिक शीर्षक है जिसका चलन प्राचीन समय में था। पुराने समय <ref name="Rana">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/rajputsfightingr00jessrich#page/n95/mode/2up |page=41 |title=The Rajputs: A Fighting Race |first=Jessrajsingh |last=Seesodia |publisher=East and West, ltd |year=1915 |access-date=5 जनवरी 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401074606/https://archive.org/stream/rajputsfightingr00jessrich#page/n95/mode/2up |archive-date=1 अप्रैल 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> में ज्यादातर [[मेवाड़]] के शासक इस शीर्षक को अपने नाम के आगे लगाते हैं। सबसे पहले राणा [[राणा हम्मीर सिंह]] थे जिन्होंने इस ऐतिहासिक शीर्षक को अपने नाम के आगे रखा था।<ref name="title">{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC&lpg=PA42&dq=rana%20dynasty%20nepal%20rajput&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false |page=42 |title=Nepal |first=Krishna |last=Bhattarai |publisher=Infobase Publishing |year=2009 |isbn=9781438105239 |access-date=5 जनवरी 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919094434/https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=-aArqOqBGBQC&lpg=PA42&dq=rana%20dynasty%20nepal%20rajput&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q&f=false |archive-date=19 सितंबर 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-14-191812-Rajput-appeal-from-Amarkot|title=Rajput appeal from Amarkot|author=|date=24 July 2013|work=The News International, Pakistan|accessdate=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912064506/http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-14-191812-Rajput-appeal-from-Amarkot|archive-date=12 सितंबर 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rana-kin-in-Pakistan-for-mourning/articleshow/4875267.cms|title=Rana kin in Pakistan for mourning|author=|date=|work=The Times of India|accessdate=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151108135857/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Rana-kin-in-Pakistan-for-mourning/articleshow/4875267.cms|archive-date=8 नवंबर 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
जबकि रानी शीर्षक का प्रयोग राणा की पत्नियों के लिए किया जाता था।
