Given name
Fatuma
Fatuma is a variant of Fatima. One Arabic interpretation is “the perfect woman; in the Koran, a daughter of Muhammad.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fatuma 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
Fatuma is a variant of Fatima. An origin associated with Fatima is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fatuma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 598
- 0 boys · 598 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,785 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,785 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 36 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,479 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.
Fatuma’s family of names
Fatuma has a related form in Fatima. In Swahili usage, Fatuma has a conventional equivalent in the English form Fatima. In Swahili usage, Fatuma has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 法蒂瑪.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fatuma
- Fatuma Abdulkadir AdanActivist, Peace Builder and Football organiser, coach and Sports Diplomat in Kenya and the Global Worldborn 1978
- Fatuma Ibrahim AliSomali politician
- Fatuma Issa MaonyoTanzanian association football playerborn 1995
- Fatuma KibasuTanzanian cricketerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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