Rahimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ra-HEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
Rahimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “compassionate, merciful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rahimah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Rahima; feminine of Rahim
“compassionate, merciful”
Ar-Rahim, 'the Most Merciful', is one of the names of God in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Rahima.
Is Rahimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahimah is a girls' name.
How popular is Rahimah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rahimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rahimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Names like Rahimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Aakifah, Hibah, Umamah, Umaymah, Rufaidah, Sumayyah, Habiba, Azeemah, Samah, Safia, Ruqayyah
Names related to Rahimah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rahimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rahimah, updated 20 October 2026.