Rahi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rahi

What is the meaning of the name Rahi ?

The baby name Rahi is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced RAH-hee (IPA: /ˈrɑːhi/; Hindi: /raːhiː/).

Rahi is Hindi, Persian, Urdu in Origin.

Rahi is a South Asian given name of Persian origin, from rāh “road, path” plus the agentive -ī, literally “one of the road.” In Urdu and Hindi it means “traveler,” “wayfarer,” or “pilgrim,” and in literary and Sufi contexts it also connotes a seeker on the spiritual path. The name appears across Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali usage, crossing communities and languages.

Common as a takhallus (pen name) in the Urdu–Persian ghazal tradition, Rahi later became a standalone given name; the novelist Rahi Masoom Raza and other public figures kept it familiar. Today it is used for all genders in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, though it trends masculine in some regions. Variants include Raahi (marking the long vowel) and the scholarly transliteration Rāhī; all share the same meaning. Occasionally it appears as a surname or poetic epithet.