Meaning, origin and history of the name Fatimah

Gender Feminine

Scripts فاطمة(Arabic)

Pronounced Pron. FA-tee-mah(Arabic)

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Meaning & History

Means "to abstain" in Arabic. Fatimah was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and the wife of Ali, the fourth caliph.

Other Languages & CulturesFatma(Azerbaijani) Fatema(Bengali) Fathimath(Dhivehi) Fatuma(Eastern African) Faɗimatu(Hausa) Fathima(Indian (Muslim)) Fatma(Kurdish) Fathima(Malayalam) Fatemeh(Persian) Fathima(Sinhalese) Fadumo(Somali) Fatma, Fadime, Fatoş(Turkish) Fatima(Urdu) Patime(Uyghur) Fatimata, Fatimatou, Fatoumata, Fatou(Western African)

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