Given name
Rekha
“one who walks a straight line”
Rekha is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who walks a straight line.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who walks a straight line.”
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 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rekha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 212
- 0 boys · 212 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 17 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 girls is 6 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,689 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rekha’s family of names
Rekha has a related form in Reka. Rekha has a related form in Rekah. Rekha has a related form in Rekhah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rekha
- Rekha SharmaCanadian actressborn 1970
- Rekha BhardwajIndian singerborn 1964
- Rekha ThapaNepalese actressborn 1982
- Rekha Gupta9th Chief Minister of NCT of Delhi (born 1974)
- Rekha RajuIndian dancer
- Rekha Punekarcricketer
- Rekha Godbolecricketer
- Rekha MishraIndian police officer - finds lost childrenborn 1986
- Rekha RanaIndian model and actressborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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