Fatima

I can’t get over the fat part.

I would name my firstborn daughter "Fatima" to compliment my name, which also starts with F and has 6 letters.

I've known three Fatima's and every single one of them have been genuinely good women to know. I think of this silly, caring, yet honest person when I hear this name. One of my faves!

My name is Fatemeh.
One of you said my name is like fat! Well, I must say that not everyone speaks English and I do not have high self-confidence
and today I was upset that you said my name sounds like fat.
But now I understand that the problem is not mine, the problem is the one who allows himself to make fun of someone! Due to my high-level life, I realized that mocking is only for low-level people. Only low level people make fun of others, only low-level people express hatred for no reason.
Therefore, my name is beautiful if you have intellectual maturity!

My name is Fatima and I really don’t like it. I know it has a meaning behind it but I live in the UK where it has the word fat in it and I have been bullied for it. If you are ever thinking of naming your child this, don’t. They will get bullied.

I know a girl named Fatima from my school and she is really nice. She’s a very sensitive girl. Unfortunately, kids bully her and make fun of her name for having the word “fat” in it. I think this name is fine, but a bit too overused.

I don’t understand why people name their kids this. This name is ugly and overused. Don’t name your daughter this, or you’ll risk her being bullied for having the word “fat” in her name.

I used to know a girl with this name, I think it was super pretty on her. I bet at a certain point kids would stop making fun of this name for having fat in it? It sounds pretty in Spanish too.

I like this name but I think it can be overused sometimes. Overall a good name, just popular!

I don’t like this name. It seems to be quite popular (I live in the UK) but it is an Arabic name. The main thing I don’t like about this name is the “fat” part. It is too noticeable. It makes me think people with the name Fatima (mainly kids) can easily be teased and bullied because of the fat part of their name. This name sounds a bit like “fattiner”.

The "fat" part is too noticeable.

It's beautiful, and I don't even mind the "fat" part.
I also prefer this to Fátima for simplicity's sake.

Horrid.

Don’t like it because of the Fat bit.

I like it but prefer Fatíma, that way the emphasis is not on the unfortunate fat part.

“Fat” tima, really?!?!

It's beautiful if you have enough maturity to get past the "Fat" part. If your name is Fatima and someone is teasing you for the "Fat" part of your name, it just tells you that whoever is teasing you has a brain smaller than a pea, and you should not listen to them. Associate with nicer people who respect your beautiful name.

Pretty.

Very nice and stylish. I prefer this spelling over Fatimah.

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Also, earth to namers: drop ALL "fat" connotations!

The first three letters are unfortunate. Plus, it is very religious. It is the Muslim equiplent of Mary, but still a nice name.

It's really pretty but as someone else said, it's extremely religious unfortunately.

Hello! My name is Fatima.. my sisters call me Fatmi. I'm Lebanese and muslim;in Lebanon we also say 'Fatmeh'. My name is of an Arabic origin where not only it's the name of prophet Mohammad's daughter 'Fatima al Zahraa', but also the name of Imam Ali's wife,'Omm al Baneen', that he married after Fatima al Zahraa died. It's actually a beautiful Arabic delicate name that I am in love with. About the bullying thing, in Lebanon there's no such thing as that (it's very rare) unlike in other countries that I am really sorry for, and I pity them; and the fact that it contains the word 'Fat' is just silly where in Arabic there's no such word, except in arabic-Lebanese it means 'enters:فات' that we pronounce 'Fet'.. sorry for those people that find a part of the name depressing, that some letters can actually prevent them from holding or naming the name.
In Lebanon, a Fatima girl can be called, mostly, by the nickname Fattouma which is gorgeous and sometimes my cousins call me 'Fattoush' which is a famous delicious Lebanese salad. I mean come on, in Charles Dicken's famous novel 'David Copperfield' he used 'Fatima' in describing Little Emily that is a beautiful girl. Don't have fears in holding the name, have confidence which is the most important thing. So be proud of holding it ♡Adore it♡.

I love my name. Growing up with this name never was I picked on. Always was told of how beautiful it was. I'm not a mean person, I'm a college student, very outgoing, always helping others. My grandmother gave me my name for many reasons, being that she was half from Spain and half Moroccan. I was the first daughter and because I was born on May 13.

The name Fatima is so beautiful. :)

My name is Fatima. At first I didn't like the name because it was common but now I'm really attached to it. I couldn't imagine being named anything else. People call me 'fatz' all the time, it's just a nickname so I don't know why some people are offended when they are called that.

I hate this name! I know a Fatima and she is very mean. I do feel sorry for all the Fatima's because (this is also why I hate this name) their name has the word fat in it. Do not name your kid this, because they may get teased or feel ashamed about their own name.

I love this name because of Our Lady of Fatima, and it reminds me of a pretty statue of her covered with faux gemstones and glitter with shining Rosary beads and a golden, bright imperial crown atop her head.

I love this name very much. It's quite common where I live. I know six Fatimas, only one of whom, a girl from Lebanon, is Muslim. The others are all Catholic - I think it works well in both Arabic and Portuguese.

Hmm, I think this name is beautiful. Hey, I usually don't like variant spellings but what about this FItima. Fitima! Instead of "fat" make it "fit". And you can use Fifi as a nickname. Cute :)!

Personally, before I knew how to pronounce it correctly, I thought that this was an ugly name. I was pronouncing it so that it sounded pretty close to fat-ma. Fuh-TEEM-uh is really quite pretty, in my opinion. I'm so glad that I finally heard the correct pronunciation of Fatima this year. It's really won me over.

Let's face it, any name with "fat" in it will be persecuted mercilessly by anglophone bullies.

Do you know how many people are called Fatima? Haha, it's on the top 10 of name lists in several countries. So, I think it's good to be called Fatima. I mean, do you think people will make fun of Felix because it has 'licks' or 'fel?'

It's a lovely name, but I can't imagine what hell it must be to be called 'Fatima' if you're at all overweight. Kids can be cruel.

I LOVE THIS NAME! Here in England it is actually quite popular, as several girls in my school are named this. Yes it has Arabic origin, though I know of some Hindus with this name - though if you stop and think about it, cultures and religions are constantly swapping names, for example Zara Phillips.