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فَاطْمَة
Fatma
FAT-mah
“One who weans.”
About Fatma
Fatma is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "one who weans" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Turkish/Egyptian form of Fatima.
Standard in Turkish and Egyptian Arab families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Turkish · Arabic
Gender
Girl
Root letters
Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Fatma's root letters sit at the seam.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Fatma
- What does the name Fatma mean?
- Fatma (فَاطْمَة) means "One who weans". Turkish/Egyptian form of Fatima.
- Is Fatma a name from the Qur'an?
- Fatma does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Turkish-Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Fatma a boy or a girl name?
- Fatma is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Fatma come from?
- Fatma is a Turkish-Arabic name, built on the root letters F-Ṭ-M. Standard in Turkish and Egyptian Arab families.
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