Rabih

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rabih is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish given name628 records spelled Rabih4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Lebanon, United States

  Also written Ŕãbîh, Råbih

• a separate given name404 records spelled Rabih2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Lebanon, Morocco, United Kingdom

  Also written Rābiḥ

• Bangla given name401 records spelled Rabih2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada

  Also written রাবিহ

45 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●

Rabih is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Trafficking in

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• In Turkish, Yararlı, kazançlı, kârlı.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

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.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rabih az-Zubayrb. 1842SDSudanese warlord and slave trader (1842–1900)
• Rabi' al-Madkhalib. 1933SAnot in their usual nameIslamic scholar from Saudi Arabia (1933–2025)
• Rabih Abou-Khalilb. 1957LBLebanese musician
• Rabih Alameddineb. 1959USLebanese-American painter and writer
• Rabih Khandaqjib. 1960PSPalestinian politician (1960-2017)
• Rabih Mrouéb. 1967LBLebanese artist and actor (born 1967)
• Rabih Kayrouzb. 1973LBfashion designer
• Rabih Abdullahb. 1975USProfessional football running back
• Rabih Jaberb. 1987SESwedish singer
• Rabih Atayab. 1989LBLebanese footballer

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 91 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rabih?

We estimate roughly 825 people bear Rabih (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Rabih have the most bearers?

Rabih is most frequently recorded in Algeria, where it is most often spelled rabih.

How common is Rabih compared with other names?

In Algeria, Rabih is the 16th most common given name of 30,102 given names recorded there.

Is Rabih a male or female name?

Rabih 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.

What does the name Rabih mean?

Recorded meaning: winner, gainer