Given name & surname
Rehman
“one who is merciful”
Rehman is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who is merciful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is merciful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rehman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 141
- 141 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 15 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 311 as a first name in 2020; 4,722 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.
Rehman’s family of names
Rehman has a related form in Rehmat. In English usage, Rehman as a surname has a related form in Rahman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rehman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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