Muslim Name · Female · Swahili / Arabic origin
Rehema Name Meaning in Islam
Mercy.
- Meaning
- Mercy. East African Swahili girls name
- Origin
- Swahili / Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- رحمہ
- Meaning in Urdu
- رحمت
- Pronunciation
- re-HE-ma
- Lucky number
- 1
Is Rehema an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Rehema is an established name in Muslim use, Swahili / Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Mercy. East African Swahili girls name. 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-ح-م. Swahili/East African form of Raḥma, from r-ḥ-m, mercy. A common East African girls' name.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ra mercy, Ha life-breath, Mim love, Ta completion.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Rehema'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 Rehema lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Mercy, the East African Swahili form of Rahma. 'And My mercy encompasses all things' (7:156). Same divine mercy quality. Rehema Eastman. Tanzanian actress.
How to Pronounce Rehema
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Names sharing the ر Ra influence
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Variants of this name
The same Arabic name romanises differently across communities. Each canonical page on AsrNaam for Rehema carries its own readings, usage notes, and regional context.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Rehema
What does the name Rehema mean?
The letters that build Rehema each speak on their own terms. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Rehema? →
Is Rehema mentioned in the Quran?
The Quran shapes more Islamic names than any other source. See where Rehema sits among them. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Rehema mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Rehema carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Rehema a good Islamic name?
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Is Rehema a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Rehema in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Rehema is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
What names go perfectly with Rehema as a sibling name?
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Is Rehema a rare or common Muslim name?
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