Reema

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Rima in BD Bangladesh, US United States, SY Syria and 12 more, Римма in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 4 more, Rymma in PL Poland and Rimma in ES Spain.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

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◐

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

• Japanese given name181 records spelled Reema2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Pakistan, Japan

  Also written Reemä

• Croatian given name97 records spelled Reema7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Syria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Rëëmä

• Hebrew given name59 records spelled Reema8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Ukraine, Iraq, Latvia

  Also written רימה, רימא, רמה, Rima, Rime

38 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●

Reema 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 Finnish, rheme (part of a sentence that provides new information)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 98 years between 1899–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Reema Lagoob. 1958INIndian actress (1958–2017)
• Reema Khanb. 1971PKPakistani actress and director
• Reema Kagtib. 1972INIndian film director
• Reema Bint Bandar Al Saudb. 1975SASaudi princess, ambassador
• Reema Debnathb. 1979INIndian actress
• Reema Malhotrab. 1980INIndian womens cricketer
• Reema Senb. 1981INIndian actress
• Rima Fakihb. 1985USnot in their usual nameLebanese-American model, philanthropist and former Miss USA
• Reema Bishwokarmab. 1989NPNepalese actresses
• Reema Juffalib. 1992SASaudi racing driver

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 · 310 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Reema?

We estimate roughly 14 thousand people bear Reema (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Reema have the most bearers?

Reema is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled rima.

How common is Reema compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Reema is the 14th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Reema a male or female name?

Reema 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.

What does the name Reema mean?

Recorded meaning: Gacela