Rahim (Raḥīm , also anglicized as Raheem) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "Merciful", from the root R-Ḥ-M. It is also used as a personal male name, short for Abdu r-Raḥīm "Servant of the Merciful". Spellings include Rahim, Raheem, Rohim and Roheem. Given name Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, poet and minister in the Mughal Empire Rahim Abdullah, American football player Rahim Ademi (born 1954), Croatian Army general Raheem Beyah (born 1976), American computer scientist Raheem J. Brennerman, American businessman Raheem Blackshear (born 1999), American football player Raheem Brock, American football player Rahim Jaffer, Canadian politician Rahim Jahani, Afghan singer Raheem Jarbo, rapper better known as "Mega Ran" Raheem Kassam, British politician and journalist Raheem Layne (born 1999), American football player Rahim Mehryar, Afghan singer Rahim Moore, American football player Raheem Morris, American football coach Raheem Orr, American football player Raheem Sterling, English footballer Rahim Ullah (died 1861), Bengali rebel Rahim Zafer, Turkish footballer Surname Esther Rahim, Pakistani painter Hafiz Rahim, Singaporean footballer Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer Sameer Rahim, British literary journalist and novelist Tahar Rahim (born 1981), French actor In fiction Rohim, a school pupil played by Wasim Islam in the British web series Corner Shop Show Raheem Porter, from Juice (1992) See also Radio Raheem, a character in the film Do The Right Thing Rahimuddin Khan, Pakistani general Rahman, elative of Rahim Arabic masculine given names Arabic-language surnames Names of God in Islam Surnames