Given name · also Turkish
Rahmi
Rahmi is a masculine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rahmi comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
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How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish رحمی (Rahmî), from Arabic رَحْمِيّ; its root is Arabic ر ح م.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rahmi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,430 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,430 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Rahmi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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