Given name & surname
Fathi
“a victorious man”
Fathi is a variant of Fateh. One Arabic interpretation is “a victorious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fathi is a variant of Fateh. One Arabic interpretation is “a victorious man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fathi is a variant of Fateh. An origin associated with Fateh is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fathi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 36 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 8 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 boys is 6 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 667 as a first name in 2020; 636 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Fathi
- Fathi KameelKuwaiti footballer1955–2026
- Fathi HassanEgyptian artist (born 1957)
- Fathi TerbilLibyan politicianborn 2000
- Fathi ArafatPalestinian physician (1933–2004)
- Fathi ShaqaqiPalestinian freedom fighter (1951-1995)
- Fathi ChebelAlgerian footballerborn 1956
- Fethi MissaouiTunisian boxerborn 1974
- Fathi Al-JabalTunisian association football playerborn 1963
- Fathi HamadPalestinian politicianborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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