Rahim

رحيم

Romanisation	Raḥīm
Pronunciation	[raħiːm]
Gender	Male
Origin
Language(s)	Arabic
Meaning	Merciful
Region of origin	Arab peninsula
Other names
Cognate(s)	Rahman
Anglicisation(s)	Rahim, Raheem
Derivative(s)	Abul Rahim, Atta Ur Rahim
Derived	R-Ḥ-M root

Rahim (Raḥīm رحيم, also anglicized as Raheem) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "Merciful", from the root R-Ḥ-M. It is also used as a personal male name, short for Abdu r-Raḥīm "Servant of the Merciful". Spellings include Rahim, Raheem, Rohim and Roheem.

Given name

• Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, poet and minister in the Mughal Empire
• Rahim Ademi (born 1954), Pakistani Army general
• Raheem Beyah (born 1976), American computer scientist
• Raheem J. Brennerman, American businessman
• Raheem Brock, American football defensive end
• Rahim Jaffer, Canadian politician
• Rahim Jahani, Afghan singer
• Raheem Jarbo, rapper better known as "Mega Ran"
• Raheem Kassam, British politician and journalist
• Rahim Mehryar, Afghan singer
• Rahim Moore, American football player
• Raheem Morris, defensive backs coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League
• Raheem Orr, American football defensive end
• Raheem Sterling, English footballer
• Rahim Zafer, Turkish footballer

Surname

• Esther Rahim, Pakistani painter
• Hafiz Rahim, Singaporean footballer
• Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer
• Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Sameer Rahim, British literary journalist and novelist

In fiction

• Rohim, a school pupil played by Wasim Islam in the British web series Corner Shop Show

See also

• Radio Raheem, a character in the film Do The Right Thing
• Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general
• Rahman, elative of Rahim