Fatou
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning one who abstains; a form of Fatima.
Fatou by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Fatou. In the US, 44 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 53 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Fatima
Like Fatou, 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.
- Fatimaone who abstains; daughter of the prophet muhammad598 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatemathe one who abstains; variant of Fatima21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatumaone who abstains; a form of Fatima18 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)
- Faatimaone who abstains; variant of Fatima7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fatimazahraa form of Fatima; the luminous one7 in the US (2017)
- Fatmataa form of Fatima; one who abstains3 in England and Wales (2025)
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Other names in the records within a letter or two of Fatou. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
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