Rima
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹimə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rima is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country. In Bangladesh it is the 80th most common given name.
- SYSyria≈1 in 2.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- LBLebanon≈1 in 2.6K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 2.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rima itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #853 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 305 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.3K (inferred from the name graph)
≈91,000 named Римма, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Syria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Римма in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, Ruma in BD Bangladesh, Ռիմա in AM Armenia and Reema in SA Saudi Arabia.
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 cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
How Rima is read(measured from records)
Rima is one spelling over 4 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.
- Hindi48%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Rima in Hindi.
- English11%
A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Indonesian8.9%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Rima in Indonesian.
- Arabic8.3%
white gazelle, antelope
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
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)
Rima 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #110 | ≈91,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | #71 | Римма | 159 |
| BD Bangladesh | #80 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | listed | Ruma | 50 |
| DZ Algeria | #203 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | listed | Rima | 35 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #202 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Reema | 119 |
| UA Ukraine | #180 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Римма | 48 |
| SY Syria | #241 | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Rima | 32 |
| AM Armenia | #87 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 422 | — | Ռիմա | 36 |
| US United States | — | 4,183 | 1 in 80K | 4.2K | Rima | 305 |
| GE Georgia | #233 | 2,561as რიმა | 1 in 1.6K | 2.6K | Rima | 26 |
| LB Lebanon | #418 | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | — | Rima | 69 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API). 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)
Rima is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Greičiausiai sietina su Rimas (žr.). Nors įmanoma kilmė ir iš krikšto vardo Rima, plg. brus. Римма mase. (M. Бирыла, 1966, it. 140), rus. Римма mase. (H. Петровский, 1966, c. 189)
as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
In Swedish, Rima är ett arabiskt namn med samma betydelse som → Reem.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In German, weibl. Vom. litauischer Herkunft (zu lit. rimti »ruhig sein«).
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Antílope blanco
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
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)
- Rima Hortonb. 1947GBEnglish politician
- Reema Lagoob. 1958INnot in their usual nameIndian actress (1958–2017)
- Reema Kagtib. 1972INnot in their usual nameIndian film director
- Reema Bint Bandar Al Saudb. 1975SAnot in their usual nameSaudi princess, ambassador
- Rima Abdul Malakb. 1979LBFranco-Lebanese politician
- Reema Senb. 1981INnot in their usual nameIndian actress
- Rima Fakihb. 1985USLebanese-American model, philanthropist and former Miss USA
- Rima Zeidanb. 1990TWTaiwanese actress
- Rima Hassanb. 1992FRFrench–Palestinian politician and legal scholar, French MEP
- Rima Nishizakib. 1993JPJapanese actor and seiyū
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 89 sources across 45 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4.2K | #4,455 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 36 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12 | #4,455 |
Reference works 7
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)
- 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
- How do you pronounce Rima?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹimə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What does the name Rima mean, and where does it come from?
- A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Rima a male or female name?
- Rima 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.
- In which country does Rima have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 91 thousand people named Римма in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Rima?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,183 people named Rima in 2020, about 1 in 80 thousand residents.
- How common is Rima compared with other names?
- In Russia, Rima is the 110th most common given name of 472,143 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/rimaThe 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, “Rima” — the 110th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.