Given name & surname
Rim
“resembling the white antelope”
Rim is a variant of Rima. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the white antelope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rim is a variant of Rima. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the white antelope.”
Explained through its name family
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 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rim through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 0 boys · 112 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,759 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −62%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,759 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 679 as a first name in 2020; 1,196 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.
Rim’s family of names
Rim has a related form in Rima. Rim is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Рим. In English usage, Rim has a related form in Lin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rim
- Rim BannaPalestinian singer (1966–2018)
- Rim El BennaTunisian actressborn 1981
- Rim RiahiTunisian actressborn 1977
- Rim JouiniTunisian boxerborn 1980
- Rim ZribiTunisian actress
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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