Reem
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɪɛm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reem is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country. In the United Arab Emirates it is the 19th most common given name.
- KWKuwait≈1 in 498(inferred from the name graph)
- SYSyria≈1 in 631
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 666
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 254 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 498 (inferred from the name graph)
≈64,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Kuwait, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Reem is read(measured from records)
Reem is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Arabic74%
fair; refers to appearance at birth
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
gazelle; white antelope
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
- English8.5%
A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Reem counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #153 | ≈64,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | listed | Reem | 129 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #55 | ≈43,000 est. | ≈1 in 801 | — | Reem | 174 |
| SY Syria | #39 | ≈31,000 est. | ≈1 in 631 | — | Reem | 42 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #19 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 666 | — | Reem | 138 |
| JO Jordan | #287 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 725 | — | Reem | 89 |
| KW Kuwait | #34 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 498 | — | Reem | 88 |
| QA Qatar | #65 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 762 | — | Reem | 78 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,015 | 1 in 10K | 1K | Reem | 34 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the wgnd-eg-names register; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Reem is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Reem (Rim) är ett arabiskt namn, samma som djurbeteckningen ’krävgasell’ (Gazella subgutturosa). Namnet väljs för att anspela på att barnet har vackra ögon, liksom gaseller.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
white antelope
as a nameWhats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
In enm, alternative form of reme (“ream”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Reem Saadehb. 1958JOJordanian actress and voice actress
- Reem Al Hashimyb. 1978AEEmirati civil servant and Minister of State
- Reem Khericib. 1983FRFrench actress and film director
- Reem Mostafab. 1986EGEgyptian actress
- Reem Abdullahb. 1987SASaudi Arabian Actress
- Reem Alabali Radovanb. 1990DEGerman politician (SPD), Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Member of the German Bundestag
- Reem Abdalazemb. 1992EGEgyptian synchronized swimmer
- Reem Mansourb. 1993EGEgyptian archer
- Reem Al Numeryb. 1996YEYemeni child rights activist
- Reem Acrab. 2000LBfashion designer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 55 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 1K | #1,670 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 901 | — |
| EG Egypt | WGND 2.0 — Egypt given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Reem mean, and where does it come from?
- A large horned animal in ancient Hebrew literature, variously identified with the wild ox or aurochs (Bos primigenius), the Arabian oryx, or a mythical creature (compare unicorn). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Reem?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɪɛm/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Reem a male or female name?
- Reem is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Reem?
- In the etymology graph, Rim is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Reem have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Reem in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reem.
- How common is the name Reem?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 1,015 people named Reem, about 1 in 10 thousand residents.
- How common is Reem compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Reem is the 153rd most common given name of 107,792 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reemThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Reem” — the 153rd most common given name in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.