name
Fatou
FAH-too
ˈfɑːtuːListen
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Fatou
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mandinka (West Africa)
- Meaning
- a Mandinka feminine name derived from the Arabic Fatima, the name of the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and one of the most revered women in Islamic tradition; Fatou is one of the most widely used names across West Africa among Islamic communities, particularly among the Mandinka, Wolof, Fula, and Soninke peoples of the Senegambia region and Guinea; in Mandinka communities, where Islam has been the majority religion for centuries and was spread by the itinerant scholars and traders of the Mande diaspora across West Africa, names honouring the family of the Prophet are expressions of spiritual connection to the foundations of the faith
- Gender
- female
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