Given name & surname · also Arabic
Rajab
“a glorified man”
Rajab is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a glorified man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a glorified man.”
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 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rajab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13
- 13 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 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 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 182 as a first name in 2020; 406 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rajab
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Rajab, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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