Given name & surname
Fatin
“an intelligent man”
Fatin is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “an intelligent man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fatin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 10 boys · 59 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 7 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 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 560 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fatin’s family of names
Fatin has a related form in Fatean. Fatin has a related form in Fateen. Fatin has a related form in Fatein.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
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 Fatin
- Fatin ShidqiaIndonesian singer, actressborn 1996
- Fatin Rüştü ZorluTurkish statesperson (1910–1961)
- Fatin Abdel WahabEgyptian film director (1913–1972)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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