Fatima (given name)

Fatema
Pronunciation Arabic: [faːtˤɪmaː]
Portuguese: ['fatimɐ]
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Arabic
Meaning one who weans an infant or
one who abstains [1][2]
Other names
Related names Fatimah, Fadime, Fatma, Fatme, Fatemeh, Fathama, Fadma, Fatna, Fatim

Fatima (Arabic: فَاطِمَة, Fāṭimah) is a female given name of Arabic origin used throughout the Islamic world. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had the name, including his daughter Fatimah as the most famous one.[3][4]

The colloquial Arabic pronunciation of the name in some dialects (e.g., Syrian and Egyptian) often omits the unstressed second syllable and renders it as Fatma when romanized.

Fatima is also used by non-Muslims: the town of Fátima, Portugal was named after a Moorish princess. It was the site of a famous Marian apparition in 1917, after which it achieved some popularity as a female personal name among Roman Catholic populations, particularly in the Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds.

Variations

The Turkish and Azeri transliteration of the name is either Fatma or Fadime. In Somali the name became Fadumo. The Persian transliteration is Fatemeh and it is commonly shortened to Fati for a nickname. Fadma It is Faḍma in Kabyle. Spelt as Fátima, the name is also common amongst Spanish and especially Portuguese speaking peoples in Iberia as well as in the Americas. Due to the berber influence on Moroccan Arabic, other variations exist in Morocco, such as: Fatna, Fadma, Fettoosh, Fattoom.

Fátima

Fatemeh

  • Fatemeh Javadi, conservative politician and Vice President of Iran, 2005 – 2009
  • Fatemeh Haghighatjoo, former parliament deputy, member of opposition party based in US, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Fatima

Fatimah

Fatma

Fadime

See also

References

  1. Sue Browder (1997). The New Age Baby Name Book. p. 101. ISBN 9780761102328.
  2. Teresa Norman (2003). A World of Baby Names. The Berkley Publishing Group. p. 11. ISBN 9780399528941.
  3. The biography of Hazrat Fatimah (a.s.) yjc.ir Retrieved 6 Oct 2018
  4. Who is Hazrat Fatimah (a.s.)? porseman.org
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