MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raheman mean?
Raheman is a vernacular form of Rahman, from the Arabic root of mercy. Al-Rahman is a divine epithet, while the personal form is also used as an independent name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रहमान
Conventional spelling
Arabic
رحمن
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रहेमान
5,798 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raheman in Indian usage
6,067 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 2,031 records (33.5%).
- Recorded as male: 4,036 records (66.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 515 |
| 1950s | 859 |
| 1960s | 1,193 |
| 1970s | 1,474 |
| 1980s | 1,278 |
| 1990s | 392 |
| Other decades | 356 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 5,876 |
| Other states | 191 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001