Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Reema Name Meaning in Islam
The white antelope, the desert oryx, from the Arabic root ر-ي-م (rim, the white antelope or gazelle).
- Meaning
- The white antelope, the desert oryx, from the Arabic root ر-ي-م (rim, the white antelope or gazelle)
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ر-ي-م
- Urdu
- ریمہ
- Pronunciation
- REE-ma
- Lucky number
- 3
Is Reema an Islamic name? Yes. Reema is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: The white antelope, the desert oryx, from the Arabic root ر-ي-م (rim, the white antelope or gazelle). Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ر-أ-م, from r-ʾ-m, the white gazelle. Reema is the soft white desert gazelle.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ra mercy, Ya reaching, Mim love, Ta completion.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Reema's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Rahman, the Merciful, carried by a person as mercy that keeps moving even when tested. A person named Reema is many things at once, and gets to choose which shows up when.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The white antelope, the desert oryx, from the Arabic root ر-ي-م (rim, the white antelope or gazelle). The rim is the Arabian oryx (or its larger cousin, the addax), the desert antelope famous in classical Arab poetry for its long curved horns, white coat, and the way it could survive without water for weeks. The female of the species (rima/reema) was the standard image of pure white beauty in classical love-poetry, often paired with the ghazal (gazelle).
The name does not appear in the Quran. But it shares its general semantic field with other Quranic creatures of grace, the deer, the gazelle, and the oryx all serving in classical poetry as images of the kind of beauty that flees from being possessed. The Arabian oryx itself nearly went extinct in the 20th century before conservation efforts in Oman and the UAE brought it back; it remains the national animal of several Gulf states and a powerful symbol of the resilient desert.
Top Saudi, Gulf, Levantine, and Egyptian girls name. Variants: Reem, Rim, Reema, Reema, Rima. Famous bearers include the Saudi Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. The Arabic is رِيمَة (or رِيم).
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Reema
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Names sharing the ر Ra influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Reema
What does the name Reema mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read in Reema? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Reema? →
Is Reema mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Reema mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Reema carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Reema a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Reema in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Reema, starting from Ra, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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