Also known as Fatma (first name), Fatma (given name)
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Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah), also spelled Fatimah, is a female given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including, most famously, his daughter Fatimah bint Muhammad. The literal meaning of the name is one who separates or one who abstains. It is used in the context of "separating people from Hell" "being separated from Hell" "weaning from the punishment of Hell" "separating good from evil" or "being separated from evil," so it is also considered to mean "one who splits from Hell."
The name "Fatimah" is derived from the infinitive "F-Ṭ-M" (Arabic: ف-ط-م) meaning "to separate, to cut something from another." Several reasons have been mentioned for naming Fatimah daughter of Muhammed with this name including the narration, in which her father said said, "God named her Fatimah, because He separated and kept her and her lovers (and in another tradition: "her followers") away from fire." It is narrated from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq that, "she was named Fatima because she was kept away from evil."
The colloquial Arabic pronunciation of the name in some varieties (e.g., Levantine and Egyptian) often omits the unstressed second syllable and renders it as Fatma when romanized. Incidentally, this is also the usual Turkish form of the name (another variant, Fadime, is less common). In South Asian countries, such as India (most commonly), Pakistan, it may be spelt as Fathima. In Persian, the name is rendered as Fatemeh in the Iranian dialect, Fatima Afghan dialect, Fatimə (pronounced Fátimeh) in Azerbaijani, and Fotima (Фотима) in Tajik dialect.
Many other names and titles have also been given to Fatimah such as Zahra (luminous; radiant), Batul (cut off: ascetic), Zahida (ascetic), Norea (girl of light), Aludra (the chaste), Adara (chaste), Hurra (free), Hawra Insiya (human in nymph form), Shahida (martyred), Siddiqa (truthful), Raqiya (girl who casts incantation) Abeda (girl who worships), Karima (generous) and Jemila (beautiful). Other examples of commonly and rarely known names of Fatimah include Muhammedah, Saphiya, Walia (Valia), Hania, Mutahara, Sharifa, Hakima, Qanita, Umm Abiha, and Daphia.
Imam Sadiq says in a narration: "Fatima means someone who is torn off from all evil and ugliness." Imam Reza also quotes the Prophet Muhammed as saying: "For this reason, I named my daughter Fatimah because God has kept her and her friends away from the fire of hell."
Fatima is also used by non-Muslims: the town of Fátima, Portugal (originally named after an Arab princess) was the site of a famous Marian apparition in 1917, after which it achieved some popularity as a female personal name among Catholic populations, particularly in the Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries.
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Variations
This name has many variations in different languages. The Turkish and Azerbaijani transliteration of the name is either Fatma or Fatimeh. In Somali the name became Fadumo. It is Faḍma in Kabyle. In South Asia, it is spelt Fathima. Spelled as Fátima, the name is also common amongst Spanish and especially Portuguese speaking peoples in Iberia as well as in the Americas. Due to the Berber influence on Moroccan Arabic, other variations exist in Morocco, such as Fatna, Fadma, Fettoosh, Fattoom.
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Fatemeh Emdadian, Iranian sculptor
Fatemeh Geraeli, Iranian footballer
Fatemeh Ghafouri Morad, Iranian darts player
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Fathima
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Fathima Beevi (1927–2023), former judge of the Supreme Court of India
Fatima (died 1246), a favorite of Mongol empress Töregene Khatun and cabinet minister
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Fatima bint al-Khattab, sister of the 2nd caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab
Fatima bint Abd al-Malik, wife of Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz
Fatima bint Amr, grandmother of Muhammad
Fatima bint Hasan, daughter of Hasan ibn Ali
Fatima bint Mohammed Al Balooshi, Bahrani politician
Fatima bint Mundhir, Hadith scholar from Medina
Fatima bint Musa, daughter of the Seventh Twelver Imam
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Fatma
Fatma Abdulhabib Fereji, Tanzanian politician
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Fatma Ali (born 1950), Tanzanian politician
Fatma Aliye Topuz (1862–1936), Turkish novelist and columnist
Fatma Al-Nabhani, Omani tennis player
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Fatma Aly, Egyptian basketball player
Fatma Atalar (born 1988), Turkish handball player
Fatma Ay (born 1992), Turkish handball player
Fatma Aydemir, German author and journalist
Fatma Begum, film actress and director from India
Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, Turkish politician
Fatma Beyaz, Turkish volleyball player
Fatma Bouri, Turkish handball player
Fatma Boussaha, Tunisian Mezwed singer
Fatma Bucak, Turkish contemporary artist
Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu (1972–2009), Turkish harpist and university lecture for music
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Fadime
Fadime Sahindal
Fadime Suna
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Fatemeh Jamalifar, Iranian table tennis player
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Fatemeh Pahlavi, Iranian royal
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Fatima Zahra Hafdi, known as La Zarra, Canadian-Moroccan singer
Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, Sudanese politician
Fatima Abdullah Al-Mal, Qatari criminal judge
Fatima Adoum, French actress
Fatima Aghamirzayeva (born 1953), Azerbaijani business woman
Fatima Ahmed, Italian-Somali writer
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, women's rights activist and socialist leader
Fatima Akilu, Nigerian psychologist and a public speaker
Fatima Al-Banawi, Saudi filmmaker and actress
Fatima Al Qadiri, Kuwaiti musician and conceptual artist
Fatima Al Zahraa Khachab (born 1999), Lebanese footballer
Fatima Ali, Pakistani-American chef
Fatima Alkaramova, Azerbaijani swimmer
Fatima Aouam, Moroccan middle-distance runner
Fatima Azeez, Nigerian badminton player
Fatima Aziz, Afghan physician and politician
Fatima Babiker Mahmoud, Sudanese feminist
Fatima Baquiran, Filipino painter
Fatima Bara, Algerian footballer
Fatima Bashir, Nigerian judoka
Fatima Batul Mukhtar, Nigerian botanist and academic
Fatima Bedar, Algerian independence activist
Fatima Begum (politician, born 1890) (1890–1958), Pakistan Movement politician
Fatima Begum (member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab)
Fatima Ben Saïdane, Tunisian actress
Fatima Bernawi, Palestinian militant
Fatima Besnaci-Lancou, French writer
Fatima Beyina-Moussa, Congolese business executive
Fatima Bhutto, niece of the late Benazir Bhutto
Fatima Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone
Fatima Boubekdi, Moroccan filmmaker
Fatima Boudouani, Algerian army officer
Fatima Boussora, Algerian handball player
Fatima Cates (1865–1900), British Muslim convert and activist
Fatima Chohan, South African politician
Fatima Cody Stanford, American obesity medicine physician
Fatima Daas, French-Algerian novelist
Fatima Dahman, Yemeni sprinter
Fatima Denton, the Co-ordinator for the African Climate Policy Centre
Fatima Deryan, Lebanese mountaineer
Fatima Dhiab, Palestinian author
Fatima Dike, South African playwright and theatre director
Fatima Kuinova, Soviet-Bukharan Jewish singer and "Honored Artist of the USSR"
Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Nigerian diplomat
Fatima Lamarti (born 1966), Belgian politician
Fatima Lolo, Nigerian musical artist
Fatima Manji, English TV journalist and newsreader
Fatima Marouan, Moroccan politician and physician
Fatima Massaquoi, Liberian educator
Fatima Meer, South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist
Fatima Mohamed Dos Santos, Spanish politician
Fatima Mohammed Habib, Nigerian social entrepreneur
Fatima Mokhtari, Algerian artistic gymnast
Fatima Moreira de Melo, Dutch field hockey player
Fatima Mujib Bilqees, Pakistani parasitologist and helminthologist
Fatima Naoot (born 1964), Egyptian poet and journalist
Fatima Naqvi, American literary and film scholar
Fatima Payman, Australian politician
Fatima Rainey, Swedish singer
Fatima Rama, Papua New Guinean footballer
Fatima Regragui, Moroccan actress
Fatima Robinson, American choreographer
Fatima Rushdi, Egyptian actress
Fatima Saad, Syrian actress
Fatima Sacko, Guinean basketball player
Fatima Sadiqi, Moroccan linguist
Fatima Sana, Pakistani cricketer
Fatima Sana Shaikh, Indian actress
Fatima Seedat, South African feminist, Islamic scholar and women's rights activist
Fatima Sekouane, Algerian footballer
Fatima Shah, Pakistani gynaecologist, social worker and educator
Fatima Shaik, Indian-American writer
Fatima Sharafeddine, Lebanese writer and editor
Fatima Sheikh, 19th-century Indian educator's and social reformer
Fatima Siad, Somali fashion model
Fatima Djibo Sidikou, Nigerian diplomat
Fatima Sughra Begum, Pakistan movement activist
Fatima Surayya Bajia, Pakistani writer
Fatima Tabaamrant, Moroccan musical artist
Fatima Tagnaout, Moroccan footballer
Fatima Tahir, Nigerian academician
Fatima Talib, Sudanese educator and women's rights activist
Fatima Tihihit, Moroccan singer
Fatima Trotta, Italian actress
Fatima Waziri-Azi, Nigerian pharmacist and professor
Fatima Whitbread, British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner
Fatima Yasmin, Bangladeshi bureaucrat and vice-president of the Asian Development Bank
Fatima Yusuf, Nigerian track-and-field athlete
Fatima Yvelain, French long-distance runner
Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Moroccan actress
Fatima Zaidi (born 1989), Canadian entrepreneur
Fatima Zakaria (1936–2021), Indian journalist
Fatima Zohra Ardjoune, Algerian army general
Fatima Zohra Gharbi (born 2001), Moroccan footballer
Fatima-Zohra Oukazi (born 1984), Algerian volleyball player
Fatma Danabaş (born 1983), Turksh para archer
Fatma Demir, Turkish long-distance runner
Fatma Ekenoğlu (born 1956), Turkish Cypriot politician
Fatma El Mehdi, Sahrawi activist
Fatma El Sharnouby, Egyptian middle-distance runner
Fatma Gadri, Azerbaijani theatre actress
Fatma Girik (1942–2022), Turkish actress and politician
Fatma Gül Güler, Turkish Paralympic goalball player
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Fatma Güldemet Sarı, Turkish politician
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Fatma Hikmet İşmen (1918–2006), Turkish agricultural engineer, politician and former senator
Fatma Işık, Turkish-German footballer
Fatma Jynge, Norwegian architect and politician
Fatma Kachroudi, Tunisian Paralympian athlete
Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet, Turkish politician
Fatma Kara (born 1991), Turkish footballer
Fatma Khanum Kamina, Azerbaijani poet
Fatma Koşer Kaya (born 1968), Dutch politician
Fatma Kurtulan (born 1964), Turkish politician
Fatma Lanouar, Tunisian runner
Fatma Mehraliyeva, Azerbaijani singer and actress
Fatma Moalla, Tunisian mathematician
Fatma Mohamed, Romanian actress
Fatma Moussa, Egyptian academic, translator and literary critic
Fatma Müge Göçek, Turkish sociologist
Fatma Mukhtarova (1893–1972), Azerbaijani opera singer
Fatma Neslişah, paternal granddaughter of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdülmecid II
Fatma Nur Yavuz, Turkish badminton player
Fatma Omar, Egyptian powerlifter
Fatma Özlem Tursun (born 1988), Turkish female football referee and former women's footballer
Fatma Pesend Hanım Efendi (1876–1924), wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II
Fatma Rashed, Egyptian rower
Fatma Şahin (born 1966), Turkish politician
Fatma Şahin (footballer) (born 1990), Turkish footballer
Fatma Said, Egyptian singer
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Fatma Yazıcı, Turkish businesswoman
Fatma Yousif al-Ali (born 1953), Kuwaiti journalist and short story writer
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Fatma Zohra Ksentini, Algerian politician
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Fatma Zohra Zamoum, Algerian writer and filmmaker
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Fatima, also spelled Fatimah, is a female given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Muslim world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including, most famously, his daughter Fatimah bint Muhammad. The literal meaning of the name is one who separates or one who abstains. It is used in the context of "separating people from Hell" "being separated from Hell" "weaning from the punishment of Hell" "separating good from evil" or "being separated from evil," so it is also considered to mean "one who splits from Hell."
