Rahim
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning merciful; compassionate.
Rahim by the numbers
In 2025, 40 babies in England and Wales were named Rahim. In the US, 34 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 46 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.
Names that come from Rahim
Forms of Rahim in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rahim. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Rahim
Names that are said the same way as Rahim, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean grace
Like Rahim, each of these has grace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- JohnGod is gracious9,444 in the US (2017)
- JackGod is gracious; from John1,595 in England and Wales (2025)
- Iangod is gracious; a form of john5,012 in the US (2017)
- JaxsonGod is gracious; a form of Jackson4,832 in the US (2017)
- EvanGod is gracious4,795 in the US (2017)
- Milessoldier; merciful3,615 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rahim
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