Rahimov as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Rahimov

What is the meaning of the name Rahimov ?

The baby name Rahimov is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced rah-HEEM-ov (IPA: /rəˈhiːmɒv/).

Rahimov is in Origin.

Rahimov is a Slavicized patronymic name built on the Arabic given name Rahim (raḥīm, “merciful, compassionate”), among the Qur’anic epithets of God. The suffix -ov marks possession or descent in Russian and related languages, yielding the sense “son/descendant of Rahim” or more broadly “of the merciful one.” As a given name, Rahimov is uncommon and feels surname-like; when chosen, it signals lineage, faith, and virtue-centered meaning.

The form spread among Turkic and Iranian Muslim communities within the Russian Empire and USSR - Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and the Caucasus - where Russified record-keeping standardized -ov endings. Feminine counterpart: Rahimova. Common variants include Rakhimov (transliteration with kh), Rahimoff (older European spelling), Rəhimov (Azerbaijani Latin), and Cyrillic Рахимов; Belarusian forms are Rakhimau (m.) and Rakhimava (f.). Approximate pronunciation: ra-HEE-mov; in Russian, final -v often devoices to -f.

⚙ Rahimov is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 36 recorded uses across 7 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.