Rim

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Reem in SY Syria, EG Egypt, US United States and 16 more, Рим in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan and Рім in UA Ukraine.

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 across 10 languages 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◐

Rim is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name9.0K records spelled Rim20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Tunisia, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Rïm, Rìm, Rīm, Rįm, Řim

• Korean surname7.0K records spelled Rim19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Korea, United States, Malaysia, Canada

  Also written Lim, Urim, U-Rim, Rîm, Rïm

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Rim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Tunisia, Morocco

  Also written Rīm

• Norwegian Bokmål given name1.1K records spelled Rim22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Spain

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Maryem, Rïm, Řïm, Ŕim, Marÿêm

• Polish given name437 records spelled Rim2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Syria, United States, Türkiye

  Also written Řîm

47 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●

Rim 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.

• ‘White antelope’. Ruqayya ® ‘Ascent’, ‘progress’, or ‘spell’, ‘charm’; the name of one of Muhammad’s daughters, -

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, An edge around something, especially when circular.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, white gazelle, antelope

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swedish, Se Reem.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Khmer, bank (as water rising up to the bank of a river). Cmrmfil abundant. cmrmm (or: full of, flooded with. o cmnnmcentntmnmnn m full of happiness (referring to facial expressicions). CpnCU

  as a word·Headley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume I (ក-ភ)

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●

CA Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) — 32 years between 1993–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rim Sartorib. 1933NLDutch poet
• Rim Akhmedovb. 1933RUSoviet writer
• Rim Bannab. 1966PSPalestinian singer (1966–2018)
• Rim Mahjoubb. 1966TNTunisian politician
• Rim Lahmandi-Ayedb. 1969TNTunisian economist
• Rim El Bennab. 1981TNTunisian actress
• Rim TurkiFRTunisian actress
• Rim ZribiTNTunisian actress
• Lee Yu-limKRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean figure skater
• Youn Ha-rimKRSouth Korean figure skater

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 · 270 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rim?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Rim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Rim have the most bearers?

Rim is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled рим.

How common is Rim compared with other names?

In Russia, Rim is the 400th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Rim a male or female name?

Rim 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 Rim mean?

Recorded meaning: from an. hrlmr 'rim, hoop'; also ahd.