Rimma
given name · Latin script
Meaning: "Rome"
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 21 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ˈrʲimə/(recorded in a dictionary) Russian · from Wiktionary · read from римма
Rimma is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. In Bangladesh it is the 80th most common given name.
- AMArmenia≈1 in 190as Ռիմա(inferred from the name graph)
- LBLebanon≈1 in 630as Rima
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 1.1Kas Ruma
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 Rimma 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.
- India (inferred from the name graph)
- #853 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 305 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 190 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 named Rima, est.
of 15M given names, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Armenia, est., as Ռիմա
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Rima in IN India, US United States, DZ Algeria and 2 more, Римма in RU Russia, Ruma in BD Bangladesh and Ռիմա in AM Armenia.
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)"Rome."
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Rimma 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | #541 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | 101 | Rima | 171 |
| BD Bangladesh | #80 | ≈150,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | listed | Ruma | 50 |
| RU Russia | #110 | ≈95,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | register #71 | Римма | 159 |
| DZ Algeria | #203 | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | listed | Rima | 35 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #202 | ≈25,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Reema | 119 |
| AM Armenia | #87 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 190 | — | Ռիմա | 36 |
| LB Lebanon | #418 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 628 | — | Rima | 69 |
| TN Tunisia | #286 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 2.1K | Rima | 16 |
| US United States | — | 4,183as Rima | 1 in 80K | 4.2K | Rima | 305 |
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 russian-names-pereverzeva-2011 register; naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022). 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)Rimma is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, de 7rhima lancement ou purification. Prénom masculin à l'origine, il est devenu féminin. Fêtes : 20 janvier (2 février), 20 juin (3 juillet).
as a nameRussian Names
In Swedish, to rhyme (produce rhymes, in speech, text, etc.)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Icelandic, quarrel, altercation
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Oromo, termite
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)- Rimma Nikitichna Brailovskayab. 1877SERussian artist (1877-1959)
- Rimma Markovab. 1925RURussian actress (1925–2015)
- Rimma Karelskayab. 1927RURussian ballet dancer
- Rimma Petrovna Aldoninab. 1928RURussian architect and poet
- Rimma Fyodorovna Kazakovab. 1932RURussian poet (1932–2008)
- Rimma Koshelyovab. 1936RUSoviet hurdler
- Rimma Bilunovab. 1940RURussian chess player
- Rimma Utyashevab. 1952RURussian politician
- Rimma Petlevannayab. 1970RURussian rugby union player
- Rimma Luchshenkob. 1993KZcyclist
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)34 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #11,176 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 4 | #11,176 |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1994 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1952 | 3 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1992 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1988 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1978 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1968 | 2 | — |
| IN India | naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) | 1981 | 1 | — |
| RU Russia | Russian Names (Pereverzeva, 2011) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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 Rimma mean, and where does it come from?
- "Rome." Recorded by A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996).
- How do you pronounce Rimma?
- In Russian /ˈrʲimə/ (Wiktionary).
- Is Rimma a male or female name?
- Rimma is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Estonia (Statistics Estonia), Poland (dane.gov.pl) and Finland (DVV), among others.
- In which country does Rimma have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 210 thousand people named Rima in India, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Rimma?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,183 people named Rima in 2020, about 1 in 80 thousand residents.
- How common is Rimma compared with other names?
- In India, Rimma is the 541st most common given name of 3,760,348 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rimmaThe 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, “Rimma” — the 541st most common given name in India. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.