Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
In mythological stories, Fama is associated with the personification of fame.
Fama through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 92
- 0 boys · 92 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 167 as a first name in 2020; 1,206 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fama’s family of names
Fama has a related form in Famah. Fama has a related form in Famma. Fama has a related form in Fammah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fama
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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