Fatema
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning the one who abstains; variant of Fatima.
Fatema by the numbers
In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Fatema. In the US, 18 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 29 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Fatima
Like Fatema, each of these traces back to Fatima: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Fatouone who abstains; a form of Fatima44 in the US (2017)
- Fathimaone who abstains; a form of Fatima14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatimataone who abstains; a form of Fatima11 in the US (2017)
- Fatima form of Fatima; one who abstains7 in the US (2017)
- Fatimazahraa form of Fatima; the luminous one7 in the US (2017)
- Fatmataa form of Fatima; one who abstains3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatumataa form of Fatima; one who abstains7 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fatema. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Fatimaone who abstains; daughter of the prophet muhammad598 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatmaone who abstains; a form of Fatimah19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatumaone who abstains; a form of Fatima18 in the US (2017)
- Fatemahone who abstains; a form of Fatima4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatimahone who abstains; shining one131 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatihathe opening; the first chapter of the Quran20 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Fatema
Names that are said the same way as Fatema, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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