Entry № 8463 · Hebrew origin

Rahab Rahab — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAY-hab /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Broad, spacious"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "broad, spacious".

Rahab (רָחָב) is the Canaanite woman of Jericho who helped Joshua's spies in the Book of Joshua. The name means "broad" or "spacious" in Hebrew. She is listed in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:5).

Rahab is widely used in religious Christian and Jewish families.

Broad, spacious — a Hebrew name.

The name in its native script.

רָחָב
Transliteration
Rāḥāḇ
Pronunciation
/ ˈreɪ.hæb /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rahab stands.

Rahab does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rahabs before her.

Real people
Rahab
Common in religious families.
In fiction
Rahab
Heroine of Joshua 2.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Rahab.

The number behind Rahab.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rahab reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.