Rihaab

A Quranic Name for Boys and Girls

Rihaab is variant of Rehab and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Rihaab or Rehab, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Rehab.

Full Meaning of Rihaab

Rihaab is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means “vast”, “spacious”, “open-minded”, “generous”. It is derived from the R-H6-B Quranic root.

Certainly Allah helped you in many battlefields and on the day of Hunain, when your great numbers made you vain, but they availed you nothing and the earth became strait to you notwithstanding its spaciousness, then you turned back retreating. (Quran 9:25)