Rahab Forename

17,577th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 53,114 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Rahab Forename Definition:

Arabic (feminine) - White cloud, fig. fairness, also of fickleness.

Rahab Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya
100%
19,8651:2,331433
Nigeria
100%
16,8991:10,5071,333
Pakistan
100%
6,4011:30,3642,065
South Africa
100%
1,6071:33,9343,963
Yemen-1,4291:18,402889
Egypt
 
97%
1,3231:69,4643,574
Israel
 
89%
1,0861:7,7371,098
Tanzania
 
96%
7081:74,5604,704
Cameroon
100%
5991:36,0782,622
Indonesia-5271:489,49537,057
Malawi
 
92%
4651:36,8012,710
Uganda
 
94%
3101:132,1195,391
India
63%
 
2111:5,757,716209,856
Zambia-1621:97,8694,692
United States
100%
1511:2,400,90737,720
Papua New Guinea
 
99%
1431:57,0095,502
Iraq
100%
1261:277,9204,117
DR Congo
 
94%
1231:600,22420,154
Afghanistan
 
77%
1211:269,6166,048
Azerbaijan
 
98%
1001:96,4294,382
Iran
100%
981:800,9887,633
Mexico
 
93%
941:1,320,6859,453
Namibia-701:34,3452,521
England
 
67%
601:926,71515,858
Jordan
 
95%
561:157,6212,424
Philippines
51%
 
351:3,028,84260,361
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Liberia
100%
241:183,8366,655
Brazil
100%
241:8,926,506114,727
Zimbabwe
100%
211:734,46728,972
Qatar
100%
201:118,48012,874
Lebanon
 
79%
161:351,7235,446
Sudan-161:2,362,9363,917
United Arab Emirates-141:510,85717,236
Congo
100%
121:417,4347,854
Malaysia
 
83%
111:2,768,17673,791
Palestine
100%
101:455,0063,080
Canada-101:3,313,33741,238
Solomon Islands-101:58,0963,433
Venezuela
100%
91:3,355,76650,812
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Saudi Arabia-91:3,423,61814,711
Denmark-81:706,1879,598
Burkina Faso
100%
81:2,297,43445,707
Sweden
100%
71:1,408,27224,832
Germany
100%
61:16,112,97944,905
Ivory Coast
100%
51:4,615,18769,481
Benin
100%
51:2,115,16940,564
Chile
100%
51:3,521,44219,163
Morocco-41:8,587,15911,086
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Haiti-41:2,681,73823,796
Norway
100%
41:1,283,08216,224
Lesotho
100%
31:679,99929,822
Peru
100%
31:10,597,15158,549
Syria-21:9,653,0387,712
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Cambodia
50%
 
21:8,136,66551,498
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Australia-21:6,828,81137,569
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Botswana
100%
11:2,184,44921,741
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Belize-11:354,3097,663
United States Virgin Islands-11:109,7474,493
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
South Sudan
100%
11:11,551,0193,224
Senegal
100%
11:14,581,35634,505
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Central African Republic-11:4,515,3901,073
Poland-11:38,027,1129,241
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
New Caledonia-11:270,1643,221
Eritrea
100%
11:4,752,977997
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Mauritania
100%
11:4,095,23927,701
Grenada
100%
11:108,1254,208

Rahab (7,545) may also be a surname.

Rahab Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Arabic (feminine) - White cloud, fig. fairness, also of fickleness.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Ray'-hab, proud, strong, quarrelsome. 1. The name of the person who entertained the spies. Josh. ii. 1, &c. 2. A country or city. Psalm lxxxvii. 4; lxxxix. 10.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: (1) arrogance: (2), breadth (the harlot, of Jericho).

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

A Hebrew name, meaning: Arrogant.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

A Hebrew name, meaning: White cloud: broad: violence. (Ara­bic) White cloud.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Rahab Forename Popularity

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