name
Fatima
FAH-tih-mah
/ˈfɑːtɪmɑ/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
fatima
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Balti (Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan — Islamic influence)
- Meaning
- one who weans an infant; one who abstains — Arabic origin, widely used among Balti Muslims
- Gender
- female
- Also spelled
- Fatimah, Fathima
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