Entry № 8469 · Arabic origin

Rahma Rahma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Mercy (Quran Bismillah + Surah Ar-Rahman)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "mercy (quran bismillah + surah ar-rahman)".

Rahma is from the Arabic رحمة (Raḥmah — mercy, compassion) — from Arabic raḥima (to have mercy) related to raḥim (womb). Rahma is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Islamic theological heritage.

Mercy (Quran Bismillah + Surah Ar-Rahman) — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

رحمة
Transliteration
Raḥmah
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑːh.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rahma stands.

Rahma 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.

Rahmas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Ar-Rahman / Ar-Rahim
Bismillah opens every chapter of Quran + Surah Ar-Rahman 78 verses Bride of the Quran + first two of 99 Names of Allah + Quran 21:107 mercy to the worlds.
Quran

Names connected to Rahma.

The number behind Rahma.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rahma reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.