Given name & surname
Rima
“resembling the white antelope”
Rima is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the white antelope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “resembling the white antelope.”
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 1927. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rima through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,654
- 0 boys · 1,654 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 36
- #4,050 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 36 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,050 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 17.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,183 as a first name in 2020; 593 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.
Rima’s family of names
Rima has a related form in Reem. Rima has a related form in Reema. Rima has a related form in Rim.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rima
- Rima HassanFrench–Palestinian politician and legal scholar, French MEPborn 1992
- Rima FakihLebanese-American model, philanthropist and former Miss USAborn 1985
- Rima DasIndian Assamese film makerborn 1982
- Rima KallingalIndian actressborn 1984
- Rima MelatiIndonesian actress1939–2022
- Rima Abdul MalakFranco-Lebanese politicianborn 1979
- Rima BatalovaRussian Paralympic athleteborn 1964
- Rima AbdelliTunisian paralympic athleteborn 1988
- Rima MaktabiLebanese journalistborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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