Given name & surname
Ridha
“one who is satisfied; content”·“a pleasant woman”
Ridha is a variant of Reda. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is satisfied; content.” Ridha is a variant of Ridhwana. One Arabic interpretation is “a pleasant woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ridha is a variant of Reda. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is satisfied; content.” Ridha is a variant of Ridhwana. One Arabic interpretation is “a pleasant woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ridha is a variant of Reda. An origin associated with Reda is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ridha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 96
- 42 boys · 54 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,755 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −84%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,755 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 319 as a first name in 2020; 204 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.
Ridha’s family of names
Ridha has a related form in Reda. Ridha has a related form in Ridhwana. In Arabic usage, Ridha is a transliteration of رضا.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ridha
- Ridha El LouzeTunisian association football playerborn 1953
- Ridha BehiTunisian screenwriter and film producerborn 1947
- Ridha RouatbiTunisian association football playerborn 1938
- Ridha CharfeddineTunisian pharmacist, businessman and politicianborn 1952
- Ridha GriraTunisian politicianborn 1955
- Ridha BelhajTunisian senior civil servant, politician and lawyerborn 1962
- Mohamed Ridha ChalghoumTunisian politicianborn 1962
- Ridha SaidiTunisian politicianborn 1962
- Ridha Ben Haj KhalifaTunisian singer-songwriter and music executive
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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