Fathima
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning one who abstains; a form of Fatima.
Fathima by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Fathima. In the US, 12 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 17 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Fatima
Like Fathima, 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)
- Fatumaone who abstains; a form of Fatima18 in the US (2017)
- Fatimataone who abstains; a form of Fatima11 in the US (2017)
- Faatimaone who abstains; variant of Fatima7 in England and Wales (2025)
- 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 Fathima. 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)
- Fahimaintelligent or learned; feminine form of fahim5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatimahone who abstains; shining one131 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatemathe one who abstains; variant of Fatima21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatihathe opening; the first chapter of the Quran20 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatmaone who abstains; a form of Fatimah19 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Fathima
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