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Rahim - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Rahim

[ 2 syll. ra-him, rah-im ] The boy name Rahim is pronounced RahHHIYM KEY. Rahim's language of origin is Arabic. It is predominantly used in Arabic and Iranian. Derived literally from the word rahim which is of the meaning 'kind, merciful'. A variant form of Rahim is the English Raheem.

Rahim is not commonly used as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Rahim include the English Raheem, the Turkish Rahman, the English Raimon, the name Raini, the Indian Rama, the English Ramey, the Arabic and Iranian Rami, the Iranian Ramin, the Spanish Ramon, the English and Spanish Ramone, the Spanish Ramón, the English Ramy, the Hebrew Ranen, the Hebrew Ranon, the Arabic and Iranian Rayan, the English and Spanish Raymon, the Slavic Rayno, the English Rayshawn, the Irish Reamonn, and the Swahili Rehema.

KEY: English pronunciation for Rahim: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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