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Rakhiv was part of the Kingdom of Hungary (11th century - 1920 and 1938-1944) with the name of Rahó in the Máramaros megye (county) and Máramaros járás (district), next part of Czechoslovakia (1920-1938) with the name Rachov in Podkarpatská Rus (Sub-Carpathia), then part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1945-1991) with the name of Rakhov and, since 1991, known as Rakhiv in the Rakhivskyi rayon (district) and the Zakarpats'ka oblast (county) of Ukraine.
Other spellings/names for Rakhiv are Rahău, Rachiw, Rachów, Akna-Rahó, Bocskó-Rahó, Bocsko Rachev, Rahov, Rahovo, Rakhovo and Rakhev.
Rakhiv is located sixty-two miles east of Khust (Huszt), seventeen miles north-northeast of Sighetu Marmaţiei (Máramarossziget), Romania.