Rimma

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, Reema in IN India, SA Saudi Arabia, FR France and 3 more and Rymma in PL Poland.

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◐

Rimma is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name9.2K records spelled Rimma5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Rimmà

• Uzbek given name298 records spelled Rimma8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan

  Languages: Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz

  Also written Римма, Рймма

36 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●

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 name·Russian Names

• In Swedish, to rhyme (produce rhymes, in speech, text, etc.)

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

• In Icelandic, quarrel, altercation

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

• In Oromo, termite

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

• In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.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.

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●

• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 79 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rimma?

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

In which country does Rimma have the most bearers?

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

How common is Rimma compared with other names?

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

Is Rimma a male or female name?

Rimma 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 Rimma mean?

Recorded meaning: "Rome."