Entry № 8715 · Arabic origin

Riham Riham — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ree-HAHM /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Gentle drizzling rain"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "gentle drizzling rain".

Riham (رهام) is the Arabic word for "continuous gentle drizzling rain" — particularly evocative in desert cultures where rain is precious.

Riham is widely used in the Arab world.

Gentle drizzling rain. The Arabic desert blessing.

The name in its native script.

رهام
Transliteration
Rihām
Pronunciation
/ rɪˈhɑːm /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Riham stands.

Riham 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.

Rihams before her.

Real people
Riham Said
Egyptian TV presenter.
1973 – 2019
In fiction
Riham
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Riham.

The number behind Riham.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Riham reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.