Fatima

FAH·tee·mah · 3 syllables

Fatima is distinctive.

91/100

Strong Practical Fit

Balanced across pronunciation, everyday use, lifetime fit and international use.

Name Profile

Pronunciation & Spelling
Effortless
91/100
Everyday Use
Low risk
95/100
Growing Up
Strong lifetime fit
Works comfortably across child and adult settings.
82/100
International Use
Broad international fit
Works cleanly across the assessed languages and writing systems.
85/100

NAME DETAILS

OTHER-LANGUAGE FORMS: Fatimah; Fatma

ORIGIN & HISTORY

About the name

One who weans/abstains (from the Arabic root f-t-m, 'to wean, to abstain').

فَاطِمَة (Fāṭimah) — Arabic script form.

POPULARITY

Fatima over time

United States

#330RANK

Rank #330 gives national context, not a classroom forecast.

Uncommon in current U.S. usage. Ranked #330 in the U.S., 2025.

SourceU.S. Social Security Administration · 2025 release

Pronunciation & Forms

SAY IT

FAH·tee·mah

STRESS ON THE FIRST SYLLABLE

OTHER-LANGUAGE FORMS

FatimahAR/EN
FatemaBengali/South Asian
FathimaSouth Asian
FatmaTR

PRACTICAL LIFE

How This Name Lives

AT SCHOOL & DAY TO DAY

A well-established, easily pronounced traditional name for a Muslim family, carrying immediate religious resonance rather than reading as a purely modern or invented choice.

INTO ADULTHOOD

Carries deep religious and cultural weight into adulthood as one of the most revered names in Islam, read as dignified and traditional rather than trendy, and recognized internationally well beyond any single country.

Cultural Footprint

TRACEABLE ORIGIN

Fatima bint Muhammad (605/15–632 CE)daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the name's dominant religious association
Our Lady of FátimaCatholic Marian apparitions (1917) at Fátima, Portugal, a town legendarily named after a Moorish princess called Fatima

More about Fatima

FORMALITY

Functions the same in formal and informal registers; the name has no widely used short form in English and is typically used in full in both contexts.

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CLOSE SPELLING

EDITORIAL SYNTHESIS

The Decision

Fatima is spelled without unusual letter patterns, and it holds up in everyday use. Surname-dependent compatibility remains unassessed until a surname is added.

STRENGTH

English speakers will most likely pronounce it correctly on the first try. Uses standard characters that systems widely handle cleanly.

BEST FIT

Everyday Use is the strongest-scoring part of this name — no obvious nickname traps, rhymes, or initial issues detected.

FULL-NAME CHECK