Rahima (Arabic: رحيمة, romanized: Raḥīmah) is a female Arabic given name meaning "merciful, kind, compassionate". The male form is Rahim, and is one of the names of Allah in Islam.
Given name
- Rahima Moosa (1922–1993), South African activist
- Rahima Banu (born 1973), Bangladeshi woman who is the last known person to have been infected with naturally occurring Variola major smallpox
- Rahima Begum (born 1984), English human rights activist
- Rahima Naz (born 1986), Pakistani poet
- Rahimah Rahim (singer, born 1955), singer from Singapore
- Rahimah Rahim (singer, born 1992), Singaporean singer from Taiwan
Surname
- Abdel Amir Abbud Rahima, Iraqi politician
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