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Reem

Reem: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gazelle”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
REEM · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls

From Arabic rīm, a gazelle or antelope, a classic image in Arabic poetry for grace and beauty. Also spelled Rim or Rym in Latin transcription.

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How popular is Reem?

202453.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Reem in 2024176

2024 rank#1,305 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,469

Reem is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Reem

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Reem questions

What does the name Reem mean?

Reem means "gazelle". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic rīm, a gazelle or antelope, a classic image in Arabic poetry for grace and beauty. Also spelled Rim or Rym in Latin transcription.

Is Reem a boy or girl name?

Reem is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Reem?

176 US babies were named Reem in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Reem?

Reem is usually pronounced REEM.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.