"Variant of Ruqayya"
The name Rakiya is commonly a female name from the "Muslim" origin.
Rakiya is a transliteration spelling of the Arabic name Ruqayya. The Latin forms Ruqayya, Rukayya, Rukiya and Rakiya differ only in how the Arabic vowels are written out, so Rakiya is the same name rather than a separate one with its own meaning.
Ruqayya means "Spell. Superior.".
The pronunciation of Rakiya is rah-KEE-yah.
