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The first name 
Fatimah

Fatimah is a first name for girls.

Fatimah is a well-known but special name!

Fatimah is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,740 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,739 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Fatimah.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Fatimah

Fatimah -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Fatimah are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Fatimah is registered in 16 states, among which are California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia or Illinois. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Fatimah live in New Jersey, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 20,764 would turn around if you called the name Fatimah across New Jersey.

Fatimah has 7 letters 
and begins with an F

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 seven letters, the name Fatimah has a typical length for first names in the US. In fact, 26% of all common first names consist of exactly seven letters. 52% of all first names are shorter, while 22% have eight 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.

Other names with 
F, a, t, i, m, a and h

If you take all the letters in the name Fatimah – F, a, t, i, m, a and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Fathima or Fahtima.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Fatimah

If your name is Fatimah 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...

This is how you spell the name Fatimah

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Fatimah, you can simply say:

Fox

Apple

Tiger

Igloo

Mouse

Apple

Hat

This is how the name Fatimah is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Fatimah in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Fatimah

Fatimah

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Fatimah

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Fatimah is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

F
A
T
I
M
A
H

Have you ever waved the name Fatimah

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
H

Beeping like crazy...

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. Fatimah sounds like this: