Orúkọ Mùsùlùmí
High confidenceQur'anic name

رَحْمَة

Raḥmah

/RAH-ma/

Meaning

Mercy; compassion

Yorùbá Adaptation

Yorùbá form

Ramota

Ra-mo-ta

Arabic origin

رَحْمَة

Raḥmah

The Arabic 'Ramaḍān' (رَمَضَان) was adapted as a female name 'Ramota' in Yorùbá. The emphatic ḍ shifted to 't', the ān suffix became 'a', and the name was feminised. Common for girls born during Ramadan.

Islamic Context

From r-ḥ-m (mercy). A beautiful Qur'anic concept used as a female name.