Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Fatemeh Name Meaning in Islam
Fatimah.
- Meaning
- Fatimah. Iranian/Persian dominant spelling
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ف-ط-م
- Urdu
- فَاطِمَہ
- Pronunciation
- fa-TE-meh
- Lucky number
- 9
Is Fatemeh an Islamic name? Yes. Fatemeh is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Fatimah. Iranian/Persian dominant spelling. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ف-ط-م. The root f-t-m means to wean, to separate a child from the mother's milk, and by extension to be cut off from worldly attachments. Fatima is the one weaned, traditionally interpreted as cut off from the Fire.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Fa opens, Ta-heavy is the letter of purity and weighty separation, and Meem is love and motherhood. Final ta-marbuta seals the feminine completion, so the name traces an opening through purity into love that is wholly fulfilled.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
The letters in Fatemeh cluster around fire, the element of will, warmth, and forward motion. This is a name that leans toward decisiveness and radiance, with the courage to begin what others hesitate to. Threaded through it is Al-Fattah, the Opener, carried by a person as the will to open what was closed. A person named Fatemeh carries the kind of fire people gather around, not the kind that burns them.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Fatimah, the Iranian/Persian dominant spelling. 80 million Iranians use Fatemeh as their spelling. The same Prophet daughter. Al-Zahra, the leader of the women of paradise, but in the form that serves the entire Iranian Muslim community and Persian-speaking world (Afghanistan, Tajikistan).
Fatemeh Motaghi. Fatemeh Sadeghi. Fatemeh Haghighatjoo. Zero Ilm ul Huroof pages for this spelling. An enormous search audience currently unserved.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Fatimah bint Muhammadc. 605-632·Arabiayoungest daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and mother of Hasan and Husayn
How to Pronounce Fatemeh
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ف Fa influence
Like Fatemeh, these names carry Fa (ف) as their leading letter influence.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Fatemeh
What does the name Fatemeh mean?
The letters that build Fatemeh each speak on their own terms. What does Ilm ul Huroof say about Fatemeh? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Fatemeh? →
Is Fatemeh mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Fatemeh mean in Urdu?
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Is Fatemeh a good Islamic name?
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Is Fatemeh a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Fatemeh in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Fatemeh, starting from Fa, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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