name
Fatoumata
fah-too-MAH-tah
/fɑːtuːˈmɑːtɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
fatoumata
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mandinka/Mande (The Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea); extended form of Fatima, from Arabic
- Meaning
- One who weans; who abstains; daughter of the Prophet Muhammad
- Gender
- female
- Also spelled
- Fatoumata, Fatumata, Fatima
Pronunciation tips
Four syllables; stress the third; '-ta' is the West African feminine suffix
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