Rehema

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Swahili (East Africa)

Meaning

a feminine Swahili name from the Arabic rahima meaning mercy, compassion, and tender loving kindness — one of the divine attributes of Allah in Islamic theology, where Al-Rahman and Al-Rahim — the Compassionate and the Merciful — are among the most frequently recited of the 99 Names of God; in giving a daughter the name Rehema, Swahili Muslim families express both the quality they hope she will embody — deep compassionate mercy toward others — and an acknowledgement of the divine compassion that surrounds human life; Rehema is one of the most traditional and beloved Swahili feminine names, with centuries of use on the East African coast where Islamic and Bantu traditions have merged into the distinctive Swahili civilisation

Gender

female

Also spelled

Rahema, Rahima