Rabia

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Arabic, meant to symbolize the beginning of life, hope and the advent of happiness after a dark winter. The name of the first female Sufi saint, Rabia Basri.

Origin

• From Arabic رَبِيع ("spring"). A near homophone is Arabic رَابِعَة, the feminine of رَابِع, from أَرْبَعَة. Hence Rabia can also mean "the fourth female".