Fahmi () is an Arabic name in the

possessive A possessive or ktetic form (Glossing abbreviation, abbreviated or ; from ; ) is a word or grammatical construction indicating a relationship of possession (linguistics), possession in a broad sense. This can include strict ownership, or a numbe ...

form of the word ''fahm'' (Arabic: ) which means "understanding, comprehension, knowing", and which stems from the verb ''fahima'' (Arabic: ) meaning "come to know about", "to realize, understand or comprehend". It may refer to:

Given name

* Fahmi Abdullah Ahmed, Yemeni captured and detained in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba * Fahmi al-Abboushi (1895–1975), co-founder of the Palestinian political party Hizb al-Istiqlal (Independence Party) * Fahmi al-Husseini (1886–1940), mayor of Gaza (1929–1939) under British rule * Fahmi Idris (born 1943), Indonesian politician in Golkar Party and government minister * Fahmi Reza (born 1977), Malaysian political artist * Mohammad Fahmi bin Abdul Shukor, a convicted rioter and gang member of Salakau in Singapore * Mustafa Fahmi Pasha (1840–1914), Egyptian politician, cabinet minister, and twice premier

Surname

* Abdelilah Fahmi (born 1973), Moroccan football defender who plays for Raja Casablanca * Heshmat Fahmi, member of the Pan-African Parliament and a member of the People's Assembly of Egypt * Ismail Fahmi (1922–1997), Egyptian diplomat and politician * Nabil Fahmi (born 1951), Egyptian diplomat and politician, and Ismail Fahmi's son * Sameh Fahmi (born 1949), Egyptian politician Variants: *

Mohamed Fahmy Mohamed Fadel Fahmy ( ; born April 27, 1974) is an Egyptian-born Canadian journalist, war correspondent and author. He has worked extensively in the Middle East, North Africa, for CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera English. Fahmy covered the Iraq Wa ...

, Canadian journalist {{given name, type=both Arabic-language surnames Arabic-language masculine given names Masculine given names