Entry № 5498 · Arabic origin

Rabi Rabi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RAH-bee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Spring (Hausa-Arabic + Rabia al-Adawiyya 8th-c. Sufi saint)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "spring (hausa-arabic + rabia al-adawiyya 8th-c. sufi saint)".

Rabi is from the Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʿ — spring, springtime, season of growth) + Hausa rendition. A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic-Hausa heritage aesthetic. Rabi is one of the foundational Hausa-Nigerian + Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Islamic + West African heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Rabia al-Adawiyya (Rabi'a Basri, c. 717-801 CE) — foundational 8th-century Iraqi Sufi mystic + foundational first female Sufi saint + foundational originator of foundational divine-love (ʿishq ilāhī) mysticism + foundational Disinterested Love of God doctrine — central to foundational Sufism + Islamic mysticism heritage + foundational subject of foundational Farid ud-Din Attar's foundational Tadhkirat al-Awliya (Memorial of the Saints) + foundational Ibn Khallikan biographical entry.

Featured throughout Arabic heritage.

Spring (Arabic-Hausa). Foundational Arabic-Hausa feminine + foundational Rabia al-Adawiyya (Rabi'a Basri c. 717-801 CE) foundational 8th-c. Iraqi Sufi mystic + foundational first female Sufi saint + foundational originator of divine-love ʿishq ilāhī mysticism + foundational Disinterested Love of God doctrine + foundational Sufism + Farid ud-Din Attar Tadhkirat al-Awliya (Memorial of the Saints) + Ibn Khallikan biographical entry.

The name in its native script.

رَبِيع
Transliteration
Rabīʿ
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɑː.bi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rabi stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Rabi · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Rabis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Rabia al-Adawiyya
8th-c. Iraqi Sufi first female saint + Disinterested Love of God doctrine.

Names connected to Rabi.

The number behind Rabi.

1

The Pioneer

Rabi reduces to one.

Why families chose this name.

"Arabic spring. Four letters. Rabi."
Aisha · Mother of one · Baghdad