Throughout the world, Ratchaneeya (รัชนียา 
, รัชนีญา , Ratchaneeya ) is a rare primarily female, but scarcely masculine first name. The first name Ratchaneeya is characteristic of South-eastern Asia, particularly Thailand, where it is a rare primarily female, but very infrequently male name. Much less frequently, Ratchaneeya is the last name as well as the forename.