- Meaning
- One who weans a child; one who holds back
- Arabic
- فاطمة
- Say it
- FAA-ti-ma
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Fatima al-Zahra, daughter of the Prophet
- Fatima bint Asad, mother of Ali
- Fatima al-Fihri, who founded al-Qarawiyyin in Fez in 859
Other spellings
Fatimah, Fatma, Fatime, Fatemeh, Fatoumata, Fadumo
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Questions about Fatima
What does Fatima mean?
Fatima means: One who weans a child; one who holds back.
Is Fatima in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Fatima a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Fatima is a girl’s name.
How do you write Fatima in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Fatima is written فاطمة.