Entry № 3266 · Arabic origin

Fatma Fatma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ FAHT-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Fatima al-Fihriya world's oldest university (Arabic)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "fatima al-fihriya world's oldest university (arabic)".

Fatma is from the Arabic فاطمة (Fāṭimah — one who abstains, weaned) — from Arabic faṭama (to wean). Fatma is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage.

Fatima al-Fihriya world's oldest university (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

فاطمة
Transliteration
Fāṭimah
Pronunciation
/ ˈfɑːt.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Fatma stands.

Fatma does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Fatmas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Fatima al-Fihriya / Fatima al-Zahra
Founder of Al-Qarawiyyin University Fez 859 CE world's oldest university + daughter of Prophet Muhammad + Khadija + wife of Ali + mother of Hasan + Husayn + Fatimid Caliphate 909-1171 CE + Hand of Fatima.
c. 800 – 880 CE + c. 605 – 632 CE

Names connected to Fatma.

The number behind Fatma.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Fatma reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.