Ranim — Name Meaning in Islam

Root: ر-ن-م (r-n-m), "to chant, to sound melodiously". Ranīm is a sustained, musical sound — the classical dictionaries use it of a voice held in chant, and equally of the humming of a bowstring after it is released or the ringing of a lute string. It names a sound that lingers rather than one that is struck.

From the same root: tarnīm (chanting, intoning), tarnīma (a chant or hymn), rannama (to make the voice quiver in singing), murannim. In use the word attached itself to recitation of the Qur'an in a beautiful voice — the sense in which parents most often intend the name.

Nearby: rann (رنّ, to ring or resound, from ر-ن-ن) is a neighbouring root with the same idea; Rana (رنا, to gaze fixedly) is a different name and a different root, though the two are often confused in Latin spelling.

Spellings: Ranim, Raneem, Ranym, Ranim (Turkish, rare), Ranim (Indonesian), Raneem (Urdu), رنيم.

Pronunciation: ra-NEEM, stress on the long second syllable.

Honest note: this is a modern given name. It is built on a genuine classical root with a well-attested meaning, but it is not recorded among the names of the early generations, and no famous bearer stands behind it. That is worth saying plainly rather than inventing one.

Masculine counterpart: none in common use.