Given name & surname
Fatma
Fatma is a variant of Fatima. One Arabic interpretation is “the perfect woman; in the Koran, a daughter of Muhammad.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fatma is a variant of Fatima. One Arabic interpretation is “the perfect woman; in the Koran, a daughter of Muhammad.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fatma is a variant of Fatima. An origin associated with Fatima is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فاطمه (Fâtime), from Arabic فَاطِمَة; its root is Arabic ف ط م.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fatma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 835
- 0 boys · 835 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,050 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,050 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,257 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.
Fatma’s family of names
Fatma has a related form in Fatima. In Swahili usage, Fatma has a conventional equivalent in the English form Fatima. In Azerbaijani usage, Fatma has a related form in Fatimə.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Fatma has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fatma
- Sezen AksuTurkish singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1954)
- Fatma Aliye TopuzTurkish writer and self-described feminist (1862–1936)
- Fatma SultanOttoman princess, (1500-1570), daughter of Selim I
- Fatma SamouraFIFA Secretary General & former UN officialborn 1962
- Fatma SultanOttoman princess (1607-1671), daughter of Ahmed I1606–1671
- Fatma GirikTurkish actor and statesperson (1942–2022)
- Fatma BegumIndian actress and director1892–1983
- Fatma ŞahinTurkish chemical engineer and statesperson (born 1966)
- BayaAlgerian painter (1931-1998)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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