The baby name Rehemah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced reh-HEH-mah (IPA: /reˈhe.mɑ/).
Rehemah is Swahili in Origin.
The baby name Rehemah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced reh-HEH-mah (IPA: /reˈhe.mɑ/).
Rehemah is Swahili in Origin.
Rehemah is a modern variant of Rehema, a Swahili given name ultimately from Arabic raḥma/raḥmah “mercy, compassion,” rooted in the Semitic r-ḥ-m (“womb; tender love”). Cognates appear in Hebrew (raḥamim “compassion”) and across languages influenced by Arabic. The -h ending in Rehemah reflects a transliteration that preserves the Arabic final -h of rahmah while matching the familiar Swahili form.
The name spread on the East African coast through centuries of Afro‑Arab contact and remains widely used in Tanzania, Kenya, and among the wider Muslim world; in Christian Swahili communities it’s also appreciated for its benevolent meaning. Rehemah is rare but intelligible in diaspora settings. Common variants and related forms include Rehema, Rehama, Rahma, Rahmah, Rahima/Rahimah, Rachma, and the Turkish Rahime; masculine parallels are Rahim and Rahman. The core sense across traditions is “mercy, compassion, tender care.”
Rehemah is seldom given. We have only 27 recorded uses of it on record, from 7 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #387 | 10 | 15,987 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #590 | 8 | 20,968 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,011 | 4 | 25,931 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,235 | 2 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 |
Rehemah is popular in 7 countries — most recent births per country:
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