Given name & surname

Rheda

“a divine woman; a goddess”

Rheda is used as a given name and a surname. One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a divine woman; a goddess.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Anglo-Saxon interpretation is “a divine woman; a goddess.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.

How it developed

From Arabic رِضَا.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Rheda through the years

Babies since 1880
236
0 boys · 236 girls
Most popular year
1927
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
051015192019401960198020002025Highest share 19340.0
Rheda in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1915–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 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.

Rheda’s family of names

Rheda has a related form in Rhedah. In English usage, Rheda has a related form in REDHA. In English usage, Rheda has a related form in REDHA.

Walk Rheda’s family in the name graph

RhedaRedhaRhedahRhedda

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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