The baby name Rahmetullah is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced rah-MET-oo-lah (approx.; IPA: /raħmetuˈllɑh/).
Rahmetullah is Arabic in Origin.
The baby name Rahmetullah is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced rah-MET-oo-lah (approx.; IPA: /raħmetuˈllɑh/).
Rahmetullah is Arabic in Origin.
Rahmetullah is a Turkish form of the Arabic theophoric name Raḥmatullāh, built from raḥma/raḥmat “mercy, compassion” and Allāh “God,” yielding the sense “mercy of God” or “God’s mercy.” The construction belongs to a long tradition of Muslim names honoring divine attributes, and appears in records across the Islamic world. It was borne by scholars, jurists, and Sufi figures in Ottoman lands and beyond, making it a respected, devotion-inflected masculine name.
Spellings vary by language and transliteration: Rahmatullah and Rehmatullah are common in Urdu and Bengali contexts; Rahmatollah appears in Persian; Rahmat Ullah or Rahmat-Ullah reflects spaced or hyphenated renderings; Turkish favors Rahmetullah. The fully vocalized scholarly form is Raḥmatullāh. Related but not identical are Rahma/Rahmat (feminine or unisex in some regions). Contemporary use remains steady among Turkish and South Asian Muslims, appreciated for its gentle meaning and pious overtones.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| TR | 0 | #916 | 311 | 19,440 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,684 | 8 | 28,008 |
Rahmetullah is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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