Rahima is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “merciful, kind, compassionate.” In 2024 it was given to 14 girls in the United States.
Rahima at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“merciful, kind, compassionate”
About the name Rahima
Rahima belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “merciful, kind, compassionate” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Rahima first appears in Social Security records in 1999. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7847 in 2024, and in 2024 14 babies received the name — 200 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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