Rima
Read as biała antylopa, a white gazelle: in Arabic rīm named the pale antelope poets used to measure a woman's beauty. Fewer than 200 Polish women carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Rima Pronunciation
Rima is pronounced REE-mah (/ˈrima/).
What Rima means
Where Rima comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
In Latin, rima names a crack or cleft, a thin opening in stone or wood. The name Rima means something else to the people who carry it. In Arabic, rīm describes a white gazelle, the pale antelope of open plains, and that is the sense most people know. Polish speakers read it as biała antylopa.
The Arabic word points to a real animal. Rīm is the light-coated gazelle prized in classical Arabic poetry, praised for its dark eyes and its walk. Poets set a woman's beauty against that gaze.
Rima has no diminutive and no variant in the Polish records. It stands on its own. On a school register it sits among longer names, four letters, easy to read aloud. The gazelle stays: biała antylopa, a white gazelle.
How many people are named Rima
1 in 125943 women in Poland is named Rima. 179 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2379 among female names.
Rima's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Where Rima is most popular
Rima is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Rima as a middle name
Rima is a first name for 179 women in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 91/9 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1799th, between Renalda (17) and Ropafadzo (17).
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#1797 Quỳnh17
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#1798 Renalda17
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#1799 Rima17
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#1800 Ropafadzo17
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#1801 Saida17