Muslim Name · Female · Turkish origin
Fatma Name Meaning in Islam
Fatimah.
- Meaning
- Fatimah. Turkish/North African short form
- Origin
- Turkish
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ف-ط-م
- Urdu
- فاطمہ
- Pronunciation
- FAT-ma
- Lucky number
- 9
Is Fatma an Islamic name? Yes. Fatma is an established name in Muslim use, Turkish in origin. Its settled meaning is: Fatimah. Turkish/North African short form. 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. Fatma is the Turkish form of Fatima, the weaned one.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Fa opens, Ta-heavy bears weighty purity, and Meem is love and motherhood. Alif anchors the origin and final ta-marbuta seals the feminine, so the name traces a pure opening fulfilled in maternal love.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
The letters in Fatma 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 Fatma tends to bring warmth to a room and light to a decision.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The Turkish form of Fatimah, the name of the Prophet's youngest and most beloved daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra (RA). The root ف-ط-م (fatama) means to wean, to separate, and Fatimah is the one who is weaned away from the Fire. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'She is named Fatimah because Allah has weaned her and those who love her from the Fire' (al-Suyuti).
Fatimah al-Zahra was the wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the mother of Hasan and Husayn, through whom the Prophet's bloodline (the Ahl al-Bayt) continues to this day. The Prophet ﷺ said of her: 'Fatimah is a part of me, whoever angers her angers me' (Bukhari, Muslim). She was the first to enter Paradise after her father, and is one of the four greatest women of all time alongside Khadijah, Maryam, and Asiya.
The 'Fatma' spelling is the Turkish, Bosnian, and Albanian form, used across the former Ottoman lands and now the most common female name in Turkey by a wide margin. The Arabic spelling is فَاطِمَة; common transliterations include Fatima, Fatimah, Fatma, Fatimeh (Persian), Fatuma (Swahili), Fatim, and Fatemah. Top girls name in Turkey, Bosnia, Albania, North Macedonia, and Egypt.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Fatma Aliye Topuz1862-1936·Ottoman Empire / Turkeynovelist and women's rights advocate, considered the first female Turkish novelist
How to Pronounce Fatma
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ف Fa influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Fatma
What does the name Fatma mean?
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Is Fatma mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Fatma mean in Urdu?
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Is Fatma a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Fatma in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is the Ibn Arabi tradition of Ilm ul Huroof. Each letter in Fatma, starting from Fa, is a structural principle. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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