Given name & surname
Rabi
“of the gentle wind”
Rabi is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “of the gentle wind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “of the gentle wind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rabi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 622 as a first name in 2020; 516 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rabi’s family of names
Rabi has a related form in Rabiah. Rabi has a related form in Rabie. Rabi has a related form in Rabea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rabi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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