Fatima is an alternate spelling of the Arabic name Fatimah, which means ‘one who abstains’. One of the daughters of the Islamic prophet Muhammad was named Fatima.
Fatima is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.
The name Fatima isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Fatima ranks 307. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 6 were named Fatima. In the entire USA, approximately 33,475 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Fatima. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Fatima is an alternate spelling of the Arabic name Fatimah, which means ‘one who abstains’. One of the daughters of the Islamic prophet Muhammad was named Fatima.
This name gained... popularity in many other European languages such as Italian, Spanish, French, and Dutch.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter F is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.2% of all common girls' names in the US begin with an F. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.
With six letters, the name Fatima is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that if 1.2% of all girls' names begin with an F, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with F that are quite popular, the most common at present is Frances.
If your name is Fatima and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Fatima, you can simply say:
Fox
Apple
Tiger
Igloo
Mouse
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Fatima
Fatima
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
F
A
T
I
M
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
F
A
T
I
M
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Fatima sounds like this:
