Entry № 8464 · Arabic origin

Rahaf Rahaf — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-haf /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Gentle / kindness"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "gentle / kindness".

Rahaf is from the Arabic Rahaf.

Gentle / kindness — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

رهف
Transliteration
Rahaf
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑː.hæf /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rahaf stands.

Rahaf 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.

Rahafs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun
Saudi refugee 2019 Bangkok hotel-room asylum-stand + global attention to womens-rights in Saudi Arabia + pan-Arab + Gulf + Levantine naming
Saudi heritage

Names connected to Rahaf.

The number behind Rahaf.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rahaf reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.