Rahib

given name · Latin script

Meaning: monk

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɹəçɪb/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Rahib is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 38K
  • KZKazakhstan≈1 in 16Kas Рамиз

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 Rahib 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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,100 people, est.

3 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
131 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Azerbaijan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RahibLatin(measured from records)
РамизCyrillic(measured from records)
რაჰიბGeorgian(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Рамиз in RU Russia, AZ Azerbaijan, KZ Kazakhstan and 1 more and Ramiz in SI Slovenia.

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)

monk

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rahib 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.

Where Rahib is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan#635≈6,100 est.≈1 in 38KlistedRahib33
RU Russia#715≈5,900 est.≈1 in 24K#544Рамиз131
AZ Azerbaijan#241≈4,800 est.≈1 in 2.1K288Рамиз35
KZ Kazakhstan—≈1,200 est.≈1 in 16K1.1KРамиз33
AL Albania—1,104as Ramiz1 in 2.8K1.1K——
MK North Macedonia—747as Рамиз1 in 2.8K747Рамиз7
SI Slovenia#607440as Ramiz1 in 4.8K444Ramiz4

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: Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); State Statistical Office — living population names; SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Rahib is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rāhib

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Kyrgyzstan, United States, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Rähïb, Rãhîb

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines

    Also written Rahïb

  • Pashto given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan

    Also written Rāhib

  • Bulgarian given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Azerbaijan

    Languages: Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian

    Also written Рахиб

  • Thai given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, Thailand, Philippines

    Also written Rahab, ราหิบ, ร่าห์บ, ราหบ

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Rahib is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In xsy, cockroach

    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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalہیلو Rahib،Hi Rahib, (English)

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 18 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Rahib
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AZ AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics—81—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

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 Rahib mean, and where does it come from?
monk Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Rahib?
A machine transcription gives /ɹəçɪb/ (IPA) for Urdu.
Is Rahib a male or female name?
Rahib is a male 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 Rahib have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.1 thousand people named Rahib in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rahib.
How common is the name Rahib?
In Albania, the national register counted 1,104 people named Ramiz, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
How common is Rahib compared with other names?
In Pakistan, Rahib is the 635th most common given name of 77,659 given names recorded there.

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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, “Rahib” — the 635th most common given name in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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