Fatima (, ), also spelled Fatimah, is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used throughout the

Muslim world The terms Islamic world and Muslim world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs, politics, and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is ...

. Several relatives of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

had the name, including, most famously, his daughter

Fatimah bint Muhammad Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam. Fat ...

. The literal meaning of the name is ''one who separates'' or ''one who abstains''. It is used in the context of "separating people from Hell" "being separated from Hell" "weaning from the punishment of Hell" "separating good from evil" or "being separated from evil," so it is also considered to mean "''one who splits from Hell."'' The name "Fatimah" is derived from the infinitive "F-Ṭ-M" (Arabic: ف-ط-م) meaning "to separate, to cut something from another." Several reasons have been mentioned for naming Fatimah daughter of Muhammed with this name including the narration, in which her father said said, "God named her Fatimah, because He separated and kept her and her lovers (and in another tradition: "her followers") away from fire." It is narrated from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq that, "she was named Fatima because she was kept away from evil." The colloquial

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

pronunciation of the name in some varieties (e.g., Levantine and

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) often omits the unstressed second syllable and renders it as ''Fatma'' when romanized. Incidentally, this is also the usual Turkish form of the name (another variant, Fadime, is less common). In

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n countries, such as

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(most commonly),

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, it may be spelt as Fathima. In

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

, the name is rendered as ''Fatemeh'' in the Iranian dialect, ''Fatima'' Afghan dialect, Fatimə (pronounced Fátimeh) in Azerbaijani, and ''Fotima'' (Фотима) in Tajik dialect. Many other names and titles have also been given to Fatimah such as Zahra (luminous; radiant), Batul (cut off: ascetic), Zahida (ascetic), Norea (girl of light), Aludra (the chaste), Adara (chaste), Hurra (free), Hawra Insiya (human in nymph form), Shahida (martyred), Siddiqa (truthful), Raqiya (girl who casts incantation) Abeda (girl who worships), Karima (generous) and Jemila (beautiful). Other examples of commonly and rarely known names of Fatimah include Muhammedah, Saphiya, Walia (Valia), Hania, Mutahara, Sharifa, Hakima, Qanita, Umm Abiha, and Daphia. Imam Sadiq says in a narration: Fatima means someone who is torn off from all evil and ugliness. Imam Reza also quotes the Prophet Muhammed as saying: For this reason, I named my daughter Fatimah because God has kept her and her friends away from the fire of hell. Fatima is also used by non-Muslims: the town of

Fátima, Portugal Fátima () is a city in the concelho, municipality of Ourém and Santarém District, district of Santarém in the Oeste e Vale do Tejo Region of Portugal, with 71.29 km2 of area and 13,212 inhabitants (2021). The homonymous Freguesia, civil ...

(originally named after an Arab princess) was the site of a famous Marian apparition in 1917, after which it achieved some popularity as a female personal name among

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populations, particularly in the Portuguese-speaking and Spanish-speaking countries.

Variations

This name has many variations in different languages. The Turkish and Azerbaijani transliteration of the name is either ''Fatma'' or ''Fatimeh''. In Somali the name became ''Fadumo''. It is ''Faḍma'' in Kabyle. In

, it is spelt ''Fathima''. Spelled as ''Fátima'', the name is also common amongst

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

and especially Portuguese speaking peoples in Iberia as well as in the

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. Due to the

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

influence on

Moroccan Arabic Moroccan Arabic ( ), also known as Darija ( or ), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco. It is part of the Maghrebi Arabic dialect continuum and as such is mutually intelligible to some extent with Algerian ...

, other variations exist in Morocco, such as Fatna, Fadma, Fettoosh, Fattoom.

Fatimah

Fatima Fatima bint Muhammad (; 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fatima al-Zahra' (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, the fourth of the Rashidun caliphs and the first Shia imam. ...

, also called "Fatima Zahra" ("Fatima the shining one"), daughter of Muhammad *

Fatima bint Abd al-Malik Fatima bint Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan () was an Umayyad princess, daughter of Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan and a wife of Caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (). Life Fatima was the daughter of Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan from his second wife from the Banu Ma ...

, the wife of caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz *

Fatimah Abdullah Fatimah Ting binti Abdullah (born Ting Sai Ming; 1 February 1957) is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), a component party of the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) coalition. She has served as the State Mi ...

, Malaysian politician * Fatma Omar An-Najar, Palestinian * Fatimah Baeshen, Saudi Arabian government official *Fatimah Baraghani, better known as ''

Táhirih Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn ( "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and th ...

'', influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran *

Fatimah bint Amr Fāṭimah bint ʿAmr (; 576) was the grandmother of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe, unlike her co-wives, most of whom were from outlyi ...

, grandmother of Muhammad *

Fatimah bint Asad Fatima bint Asad ( ' 555–626 CE) was the wife of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Abu Talib and the mother of their son Ali, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Fatima bint Asad and her husband, Abu Talib, acted as the Prophet's adopted parents for fifteen ...

(568 CE - 626 CE), Muhammad's aunt, the mother of fourth

Rashidun The Rashidun () are the first four caliphs () who led the Muslim community following the death of Muhammad: Abu Bakr (), Umar (), Uthman (), and Ali (). The reign of these caliphs, called the Rashidun Caliphate (632–661), is considered i ...

('rightly guided') caliph Ali bin Abu Talib, and the mother-in-law of Muhammad's daughter, Fatima Zahra * Fatimah bint Husayn, daughter of Husayn bin Ali * Fatimah bint Hizam, the second wife of Ali, cousin of Muhammad * Fatimah bint al-Khattab, sister of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab and an early follower of Muhammad *

Fatimah bint Muhammad al-Taymi Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad al-Taymī () was the third influential wife of the Abbasid caliph al-Mansur. She was the mother of famous prince Sulayman. Biography Fatimah belonged to Banu Taym clan of the Quraysh. She was also known as 'Fatimah al ...

, the wife of

al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ‎; 714 – 6 October 775) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr () was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 754 to 775 succeeding his brother al-Saffah (). He is known ...

(r. 754–775) and mother of prince

Sulayman Sulayman (Arabic: سُلِيمَان ''sulaymān'') is an Arabic name of the Biblical king and Islamic prophet Solomon meaning 'man of peace', derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo. The name Sulayman is a diminutive of the name Salman (سَلْما ...

. *Fatimah bint Harun al-Rashid, daughter of Caliph

Harun al-Rashid Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 unti ...

and wife of Ja'far ibn Musa al-Hadi *

Fatimah bint Musa Fatima bint Musa (), circa 790–816 CE, commonly known as Fatima al-Ma'suma (), was the daughter of Musa al-Kazim () and sister of Ali al-Rida (), the seventh and eighth Imams in Twelver Shia. A young Fatima left her hometown of Medina in abo ...

, daughter of Musa al-Kadhim and sister of Ali al-Ridha, two of the Twelve Imams *Fatimah bint al-Fath ibn Khaqan, also known as ''Fatimah Khatun bint al-Fath'' was the spouse of Abbasid caliph

Al-Mu'tazz Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh (; 847 – 16 July 869), better known by his regnal title al-Muʿtazz bi-ʾLlāh (, "He who is strengthened by God") was the Abbasid caliph from 866 t ...

(r. 866–869). She was the daughter of Abbasid official al-Fath ibn Khaqan. * Fatimah binte Sulaiman, Singaporean merchant and philanthropist *

Fatimah el-Sharif Sayyida Fatimah el-Sharif (), after marriage Fatimah as-Senussi (, 2 April 1911 – 3 October 2009), was Queen of Libya as the wife of King Idris from 1951 until the 1969 Libyan coup d'état. Early life Fatimah el-Sharif was born in Italian C ...

(1911 – 2009), queen consort of Libya *

Fatimah Khatun Fatima Khatun (, ; ; died September 1147) was a Seljuk princess, daughter of sultan Muhammad I Tapar, sister of sultan Ghiyath ad-Din Mas'ud and principal wife of Abbasid caliph al-Muqtafi. Fatima's mother was Nistandar Jahan also known ad Sarja ...

, was the wife of Caliph

al-Muqtafi Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Mustazhir (; 9 April 1096 – 12 March 1160), better known by his laqab, regnal name al-Muqtafi li-Amr Allah (), was the List of Abbasid caliphs#Abbasid Caliphs (25 January 750 – 20 February 1258), Abbasid ca ...

(r. 1136–1160) * Fatimah Busu, Malaysian novelist, short-story writer, and academic * Fatimah Hashim (1924 - 2010), Malaysian cabinet minister * Fatimah Jackson, American biologist and anthropologist *

Fatimah Lateef Fatimah binte Abdul Lateef ( Jawi: فاطمه بنت عبداللتايف; born 16 March 1966) is a Singaporean former politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Geyl ...

(b. 1966), Singaporean politician and member of the People's Action Party * Fatimah Mansour (b. 2007), Saudi footballer *Fatimah Rohani binti Ismail, known professionally as Emma Maembong, a Malaysian actress and model * Sayyida Fatimah el-Sharif (1911–2009), queen consort of King Idris of the Kingdom of Libya * Fatimah Tuggar (b. 1967), Nigerian multimedia artist

Fátima

* Fátima Aburto Baselga (b. 1949) Spanish physician and politician * Fátima Acuña (b. 1999) Paraguayan handball player * Fátima Albuquerque, Mozambican journalist * Fátima Báñez (b. 1967), Spanish politician, economist and jurist * Fátima Barone (b. 1999), Uruguayan footballer * Fátima Bernardes (b. 1962), Brazilian journalist * Fátima Bezerra (b. 1955), Brazilian politician * Fátima Blázquez (b. 1975), Spanish cyclist * Fátima Campos Ferreira (b. 1958), Portuguese television presenter and journalist * Fátima Carneiro (b. 1954), Portuguese anatomical pathologist and cancer researcher * Fátima Choi, politician in Macau * Fátima Diame, Spanish athlete * Fátima Djarra Sani (b. 1968), Guinea-Bissau feminist activist, particularly against female genital mutilation * Fátima Felgueiras (b. 1954), Portuguese politician * Fátima Fernández Cano (b. 1995), Spanish professional golfer * Fátima Ferreira (b. 1959), Austrian biochemist * Fátima Flórez (b. 1978), former domestic partner of

Javier Milei Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as President of Argentina since 2023. Milei also served as a national deputy representing the City of Buenos Aires for the party La Libertad ...

* Fatima Gallardo, Spanish swimmer * Fátima Gálvez, Spanish sport shooter * Fátima Gómez Montero, Mexican politician * Fátima Guedes, Brazilian singer and composer * Fátima Leyva (b. 1980), Mexican footballer *

Fátima Lopes Fátima Lopes, ComIH (born 8 March 1965) is a Portuguese fashion designer. Early life Fátima comes from the Portuguese island of Madeira. She was born and grew up in its capital city, Funchal. Since an early age she showed an interest in f ...

(b. 1965), Portuguese fashion designer * Fátima Madrid (b. 1979), Spanish swimmer * Fátima Mereles ( (b. 1953) Paraguayan botanist *

Fátima Miranda Fátima Miranda is a Spanish singer and researcher born in Salamanca, Province of Salamanca, Spain. She has a bachelor's degree in history of art, with a specialization in modern art. As a singer, her compositions touch several genres like Mongol ...

, Spanish singer and researcher *

Fátima Molina Fátima Ileana Molina Vargas (born 9 March 1986) artistically known as Fátima Molina is a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her role as Lidya Corona in the Telemundo's series ''La Doña (2016 TV series), La Doña'' (2016–2017), follo ...

(b.1986) , Mexican actress * Fátima Montaño (b. 1984), Colombian footballer * Fátima Moreira de Melo, Dutch field hockey player * Fátima Pinto (b. 1996), Portuguese footballer * Fátima Ptacek (b. 2000), American child actress and model * Fátima Rodríguez (b. 1961), Spanish writer, translator, professor * Fátima Silva (b. 1970), Portuguese long-distance runner * Fátima Soares, Venezuelan politician * Fátima Veiga (b. 1957), Cape Verdean politician and diplomat

Fatema

Fatema Al Harbi Fatema Al Harbi (; born 1991 or 1992) is a Bahraini author, peace activist, former civil servant, and the Director of Gulf Affairs at the UAE-based organization Sharaka, and CEO of the organization's Bahrain branch. She is also a One Young World ...

(born 1991 or 1992), Bahraini author, and peace activist

Fatemeh

*Fatemeh Abdi Galangashi (better known as Nooshafarin), Iranian singer * Fatemeh Adeli, Iranian footballer *

Fatemeh Ajorlou Fatemeh Jazini (; born ) is a conservative ( principlist) female member of the Iranian Parliament (Islamic Consultative Assembly) representing Karaj, near Tehran. She is Rapporteur of the Majlis Women Faction.http://www.iran-daily.com/1385/2742/htm ...

, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Alia, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Amineh, Iranian footballer *

Fatemeh Amini Fatemeh Amini is a female religious leader of Iran, who has directed and opened a number of women's seminaries in Qom and Tehran. She was the director of the first women's hawza in Qom, the Dar al-Zahra, which was the women's wing of grand ayato ...

, female religious leader of Iran * Fateme Asadi (1960 – 1984), first Iranian '

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', 'witness' Word stem, stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In ...

' women whose body was found during post-

war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...

explorations. * Fatemeh Behboudi, Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer * Fatemeh Bodaghi, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Daneshvar, Iranian businesswoman, entrepreneur and reformist politician * Fatemeh Daqaq, Iranian Muslim narrator, Quran-ologist and Sufi * Fatemeh Dehghani, Iranian barbat and oud player * Fateme Ekhtesari, Iranian poet * Fatemeh Emdadian, Iranian sculptor * Fatemeh Geraeli, Iranian footballer * Fatemeh Ghafouri Morad, Iranian darts player * Fatemeh Ghasemi, Iranian footballer * Fatemeh Goudarzi, Iranian actress *

Fatemeh Haghighatjoo Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (also spelled Haghighatjou and Haqiqatju; ) is an Iranian scholar and reformist politician who represented Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr in the Iranian Parliament from 2000 to 2004. She left Iran in 2005 and current ...

, former parliament deputy, member of opposition party based in US, Cambridge, Massachusetts * Fatemeh Hamami, Iranian foot-and-mouth painter * Fatemeh Hashemi, Iranian actress * Fatemeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Heidari, Iranian wushu practitioner * Fatemeh Hemmati (born 2003), Iranian Paralympic archer * Fatemeh Hosseini, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Jamalifar, Iranian table tennis player * Fatemeh Javadi, conservative politician and Vice President of Iran * Fatemeh Karamzadeh, Iranian sport shooter *

Fatemeh Keshavarz Fatemeh Keshavarz Ph.D. () is an Iranian academic, Rumi and Persian studies scholar, and a poet in Persian and English. She is the Roshan Chair of Persian Studies and Director of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies at the University of Maryl ...

, Iranian academic, scholar and poet * Fatemeh Khalili, Iranian handball player * Fatemeh Moghimi, Iranian engineer, entrepreneur and political activist * Fatemeh Mojallal, Iranian rower athlete * Fatemeh Moosavi, Iranian film director, photographer and scriptwriter * Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Iranian actress * Fatemeh Naghavi, Iranian actress *

Fatemeh Pahlavi Fatemeh Pahlavi (; 30 October 1928 – 27 May 1987) was an Iranian princess of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was the tenth child of Reza Shah and the half-sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Born in Tehran, she left Pahlavi Iran, Iran prior to the Ir ...

, Iranian royal * Fatemeh Rahbar, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Rakeei, Iranian politician * Fatemeh Rouhani, Iranian taekwondo practitioner * Fatemeh Sadeghi, Iranian karateka *

Fatemeh Saeidi Fatemeh Saeidi () is an Iranian educator and Iranian Reformists, reformist politician who was a member of the Majlis of Iran, Parliament of Iran representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr (electoral district), Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat an ...

, Iranian educator and reformist politician * Fatemeh Sepehri, Iranian activist * Fatemeh Shams, Persian contemporary poet, literary scholar and translator * Fatemeh Sharif, Iranian futsal player and coach * Fatemeh Shayan, Iranian political scientist * Fatemeh Sohrabi, Iranian footballer

Fathima

Fathima Beevi M. Fathima Beevi (30 April 1927 – 23 November 2023) was an Indian judge who was a justice of the Supreme Court of India. Appointed to the apex Court in 1989, she became the first female judge to be a part of the Supreme Court of India, and th ...

,former judge of the Supreme Court of India *

Fathima Babu Fathima Babu is an Indian actress, former newsreader and socialite based out of Chennai who hails from Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry. Born in a Muslim family, Fathima began her public career as a newsreader for more than 25 years wit ...

, Indian actress

Fatimeh

* Princess Fatimeh Pahlavi (1928–1987), Iranian princess

Fatima

* Fatima al-Fihriya (c. 800 – 880), Founder of the world's oldest university

University of al-Qarawiyyin The University of al-Qarawiyyin (), also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded as a mosque by Fatima al-Fihri in 857–859 and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educ ...

* Fatima al-Budeiri (1923–2009), Palestinian radio broadcaster * Fatima al-Fudayliya, 19th-century Islamic scholar *

Fatima al-Samarqandi Fatima bint Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Samarqandi () was a twelfth-century Muslim scholar and jurist. Biography Early life Fatima was born to Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Samarqandi, a preeminent Hanafi jurist who took active part in his daughter’s e ...

, 12th-century Hanafi Islamic scholar *

Fatima al-Suqutriyya Fāṭima bint Aḥmad Muḥammad al-Jahḍamī (), known as Fāṭima al-Suqutriyya (, Fatima the Socotran) and nicknamed al-Zahra on the model of the Prophet's daughter Fāṭima, for whom ''al-Zahra'' ('the shining one') was a popular epithet, ...

, Yemeni writer and poet * Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra (1929–2014), Moroccan princess *

(d. 1246), a favorite of Mongol empress Töregene Khatun and cabinet minister *

Fatima bint al-Ahmar Fatima bint Muhammad bint al-Ahmar () ( – 26 February 1349) was a Nasrid princess of the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim state on the Iberian Peninsula. A daughter of Sultan Muhammad II and an expert in the study of '' barnamaj'' ( biob ...

(c. 1260–1348), a

Nasrid The Nasrid dynasty ( ''banū Naṣr'' or ''banū al-Aḥmar''; ) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada from 1232 to 1492. It was the last Muslim dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula. Twenty-three sultans ruled Granada from the foun ...

princess in

Granada Granada ( ; ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada (Spain), Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence ...

, regents of sultans Muhammad IV and Yusuf I * Fatima bint al-Khattab, sister of the 2nd caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab *

, wife of Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz *

Fatima bint Amr Fāṭimah bint ʿAmr (; 576) was the grandmother of Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tribe, unlike her co-wives, most of whom were from outlying ...

, grandmother of Muhammad *

Fatima bint Hasan Fāṭima bint al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī (), , was a daughter of Hasan ibn Ali and Umm Ishaq bint Talha. She was married to Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (the fourth Shi'ite Imam), and became the mother of Muhammad al-Baqir Muhammad ibn Ali al-Ba ...

, daughter of Hasan ibn Ali *

Fatima bint Mohammed Al Balooshi Fatima bint Mohammed Al Balooshi is the Minister of Social Development and was the former acting Minister of Health of Bahrain. Biography Fatima bint Mohammed Al Balooshi is the Minister of Social Development and was the former acting Minister of ...

, Bahrani politician * Fatima bint Mundhir, Hadith scholar from Medina *

Fatima bint Musa Fatima bint Musa (), circa 790–816 CE, commonly known as Fatima al-Ma'suma (), was the daughter of Musa al-Kazim () and sister of Ali al-Rida (), the seventh and eighth Imams in Twelver Shia. A young Fatima left her hometown of Medina in abo ...

, daughter of the Seventh Twelver Imam * Fatima bint Rashid Al Nuaimi, Sheikha of Fujairah *Fatima Zahra Hafdi, known as La Zarra, Canadian-Moroccan singer * Fatima Abdel Mahmoud, Sudanese politician * Fatima Abdullah Al-Mal, Qatari criminal judge *

Fatima Adoum Fatima Adoum is a French actress. Biography She studied language sciences, performing arts and holds a PhD in Cinema – at La Sorbonne, Paris 1. Filmography Film * 2002: ''Irréversible'' de Gaspar Noé * 2002: ''Funeral'', Newton I. Aduaka ...

, French actress * Fatima Aghamirzayeva (born 1953), Azerbaijani business woman * Fatima Ahmed, Italian-Somali writer * Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, women's rights activist and socialist leader * Fatima Akilu, Nigerian psychologist and a public speaker * Fatima Al-Banawi, Saudi filmmaker and actress *

Fatima Al Qadiri Fatima Al Qadiri (; born July 1981) is a Senegalese-born Kuwaiti musician and conceptual artist. Biography Fatima Al Qadiri is the daughter of Mohammed Al Qadiri, a former Kuwaiti diplomat and writer, and Thuraya Al-Baqsami, an artist and writ ...

, Kuwaiti musician and conceptual artist * Fatima Al Zahraa Khachab (born 1999), Lebanese footballer * Fatima Ali, Pakistani-American chef * Fatima Alkaramova, Azerbaijani swimmer *

Fatima Ansari Fatima Ansari (born 12 June 1995)Fatima Ansari
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, Pakistani footballer * Fatima Aouam, Moroccan middle-distance runner * Fatima Azeez, Nigerian badminton player * Fatima Aziz, Afghan physician and politician * Fatima Babiker Mahmoud, Sudanese feminist * Fatima Baquiran, Filipino painter * Fatima Bara, Algerian footballer * Fatima Bashir, Nigerian judoka * Fatima Batul Mukhtar, Nigerian botanist and academic * Fatima Bedar, Algerian independence activist * Fatima Begum (disambiguation), several people * Fatima Ben Saïdane, Tunisian actress *

Fatima Bernawi Fatima Mohammed Bernawi (1939 – 3 November 2022) (also transliterated Barnawi; ) was an Afro-Palestinian militant who was involved with Fatah in the mid-1960s, a significant period in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. She was known for the ...

, Palestinian militant * Fatima Besnaci-Lancou, French writer * Fatima Beyina-Moussa, Congolese business executive * Fatima Bhutto, niece of the late Benazir Bhutto *

Fatima Bio Fatima Maada Bio (née Jabbe; born 27 November 1980), known simply as Fatima Bio, is a Sierra Leonean former actress, screenwriter and film producer who has served in the role of first lady of Sierra Leone, as the wife of President Julius Maa ...

, First Lady of Sierra Leone * Fatima Boubekdi, Moroccan filmmaker * Fatima Boudouani, Algerian army officer * Fatima Boussora, Algerian handball player * Fatima Cates (1865–1900), British Muslim convert and activist *

Fatima Chohan Fatima Ismail Chohan (formerly known as Fatima Chohan-Kota) is a South African politician and activist who is currently deputy chair of the South African Human Rights Commission. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), Chohan was former ...

, South African politician * Fatima Cody Stanford, American obesity medicine physician * Fatima Daas, French-Algerian novelist * Fatima Dahman, Yemeni sprinter * Fatima Denton, the Co-ordinator for the African Climate Policy Centre * Fatima Deryan, Lebanese mountaineer * Fatima Dhiab, Palestinian author * Fatima Dike, South African playwright and theatre director * Fatima Djibo Sidikou, Nigerien diplomat * Fatima D'Souza, Indian actress and singer * Fatima Ebrahimi, Iranian-American physicist *

Fatima Effendi Fatima Effendi () is a Pakistani actress and model. She has appeared in the Pakistani drama series ''Man-O-Salwa'', ''Meri Zaat Zarra-e-Benishan'', ''Ishq Ibadat'' and ''Kash Mai Teri Beti Na Hoti''. Career Effendi was born in a Sindhi people ...

, Pakistani actress and model * Fatima El-Faquir, Moroccan sprinter *

Fatima El Allami Fatima-Zahra El Allami (born 26 March 1989) is a Moroccan former professional tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or betwee ...

, Moroccan tennis player * Fatima El Hayani, Moroccan cyclist * Fatima El Jazouli, Moroccan footballer *

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri (, born 3 January 1976) is a Moroccan lawyer and politician of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), and currently the mayor of Marrakesh as well as the Minister of National Planning, Urban Planning, Housing a ...

, Moroccan politician * Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi, Moroccan long-distance runner * Fatima Faloye, American actress *

Fatima Farheen Mirza Fatima Farheen Mirza Ahmed (née Mirza; born April 10, 1991) is an American novelist best known for her novel '' A Place for Us'' (2018), which was a New York Times Best Seller. She was also honored by the National Book Award Foundation as a "5 ...

, American author * Fatima Gallaire, French-Algerian playwright * Fatima Grimm, German translator * Fatima Hadad, Moroccan singer and artistic director * Fatima Hajaig, South African politician * Fatima Hamed, politician of Ceuta * Fatima Hassan, South African human rights lawyer * Fatima Hernadi, Moroccan actress * Fatima Houda-Pepin, Canadian politician * Fatima Ibrahim Shema, former First Lady of Katsina State * Fatima Jamal, American artist * Fatima Jebli Ouazzani, Moroccan film director *

Fatima Jibrell Fatima Jibrell (, ; born December 30, 1947) is a Somali-American environmental activist. She was the co-founder and executive director of the Horn of Africa Relief and Development Organization (now Adeso), co-founder of Sun Fire Cooking, and wa ...

, Goldman Environmental Prize-winning Somali environmentalist *

Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah (31 July 18939 July 1967) was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and Activism, activist. She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the List of Pakistan Movement activists, founder and first governor-general of ...

Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi (; born ) was the third wife of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and inaugural president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). She is referred to as the mother to the UAE and as the "Mother of the N ...

* Fatima Kuinova, Soviet-Bukharan Jewish singer and "Honored Artist of the USSR" * Fatima Kyari Mohammed, Nigerian diplomat * Fatima Lamarti (born 1966), Belgian politician * Fatima Lolo, Nigerian musical artist * Fatima Manji, English TV journalist and newsreader *

Fatima Marouan Fatima Marouan, also Fatema Marouane, (born 1952) is a Moroccan physician, business executive and politician. From 2002 to 2005, she headed the Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases unit of the Ibn Rochd University Hospital in Casablanca. More recen ...

, Moroccan politician and physician *

Fatima Massaquoi Fatima Massaquoi-Fahnbulleh (; 25 December 1911 – 26 November 1978) was a Liberian writer and academic. After completing her education in the United States, she returned to Liberia in 1946, making significant contributions to the cultural and s ...

, Liberian educator *

Fatima Meer Fatima Meer (12 August 1928 – 12 March 2010) was a South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist. Early life Fatima Meer was born in the Grey Streets of Durban, South Africa, into a middle-class family ...

, South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and prominent anti-apartheid activist * Fatima Mohamed Dos Santos, Spanish politician * Fatima Mohammed Habib, Nigerian social entrepreneur * Fatima Mokhtari, Algerian artistic gymnast * Fatima Moreira de Melo, Dutch field hockey player * Fatima Mujib Bilqees, Pakistani parasitologist and helminthologist * Fatima Naoot (born 1964), Egyptian poet and journalist * Fatima Naqvi, American literary and film scholar *

Fatima Payman Fatima Payman (Persian/; born 1995) is an Australian politician who has served as a senator for Western Australia since 2022, first for the Labor Party and then as an independent, before launching her own political party − Australia's Voice ...

, Australian politician * Fatima Rainey, Swedish singer * Fatima Rama, Papua New Guinean footballer * Fatima Regragui, Moroccan actress *

Fatima Robinson Fatima Robinson (born August 29, 1971) is an American dancer, music video director and choreographer. Career Robinson has choreographed dance routines (for live performances and music videos) for several musical and pop artists, notably for Mi ...

, American choreographer *

Fatima Rushdi Fatima Rushdi (; November 15, 1908 – January 23, 1996) was an Egyptian actress, singer, film director, and producer who was one of the pioneers of Egyptian cinema. Early life Born in Alexandria, Fatima Rushdi moved to Cairo at 14 to become an ...

, Egyptian actress * Fatima Saad, Syrian actress * Fatima Sacko, Guinean basketball player * Fatima Sadiqi, Moroccan linguist *

Fatima Sana Fatima Sana (born 8 November 2001) is a Pakistan cricketer who plays primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Fatima is the current captain of the Pakistan women's cricket team. She has played domestic cricket for Karachi, Zarai Taraqiati B ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Fatima Sana Shaikh Fatima Sana Shaikh (born 11 January 1992) is an Indian actress, who works in Hindi films. Shaikh appeared as a child artist in such films as ''Chachi 420'' (1997) and ''One 2 Ka 4'' (2001). In 2016, she portrayed wrestler Geeta Phogat in the top ...

, Indian actress * Fatima Seedat, South African feminist, Islamic scholar and women's rights activist * Fatima Sekouane, Algerian footballer * Fatima Shah, Pakistani gynaecologist, social worker and educator *

Fatima Shaik Fatima Shaik is an Indian-American and African-American author and former journalist. Her work explores contemporary social issues, especially those related to the "African-American experience." Shaik's research on the Société d’Economie, a ...

, Indian-American writer * Fatima Sharafeddine, Lebanese writer and editor *

Fatima Sheikh Fatima Sheikh was a 19th century Indian educator and social reformer, who was a colleague of the social reformers Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule. Sheikh is widely regarded as India's first Muslim woman teacher and is remembered for her role ...

, 19th-century Indian educator's and social reformer * Fatima Siad, Somali fashion model * Fatima Djibo Sidikou, Nigerian diplomat * Fatima Sughra Begum, Pakistan movement activist *

Fatima Surayya Bajia Fatima Surayya Bajia (; 1 September 1930 – 10 February 2016) was an Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer from Pakistan. She was awarded various awards at home and abroad, including Japan's highest civil award, in recognition of her work ...

, Pakistani writer * Fatima Tabaamrant, Moroccan musical artist * Fatima Tagnaout, Moroccan footballer * Fatima Tahir, Nigerian academician * Fatima Talib, Sudanese educator and women’s rights activist *

Fatima Tihihit Fatima Banou (in Berber:''ⴼⴰⵟⵉⵎⴰ ⴱⴰⵏⵓ'' – born in Tamanar in 1969), also known as Raissa Tihihit Mzzin (Little Tihihit), is a Moroccan singer in the Amazigh Tachelhit dialect. Childhood Fatima Banou was born in 1969 in T ...

, Moroccan singer *

Fatima Trotta Fatima Trotta (born 2 July 1986) is an Italian actress, comedian and television presenter. Life and career Born in Naples, as a child Trotta participated to several beauty pageants, and at young age she worked in a Neapolitan free channel TV pr ...

, Italian actress * Fatima Waziri-Azi, Nigerian pharmacist and professor * Fatima Whitbread, British former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner *

Fatima Yasmin Fatima Yasmin is a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and vice-president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). She served as senior secretary of the Finance Division. She is the first female Secretary of finance division in the history of Bangladesh. Before, p ...

, Bangladeshi bureaucrat and vice-president of the Asian Development Bank *

Fatima Yusuf Fatima Yusuf-Olukoju (born 2 May 1971 in Owo, Ondo State, Ondo) is a retired Nigerian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres during her career. She won 400 metres race in the Athletics at the 1991 All-Africa Games, 1991 All-Africa Games ...

, Nigerian track-and-field athlete *

Fatima Yvelain Fatima Yvelain (born 31 December 1969) is a French long-distance runner. She competed in the women's 10,000 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sy ...

, French long-distance runner * Fatima Zahra Bennacer, Moroccan actress * Fatima Zaidi (b. 1989), Canadian entrepreneur * Fatima Zakaria (1936 – 2021), Indian journalist * Fatima Zohra Ardjoune, Algerian army general * Fatima Zohra Gharbi (b. 2001), Moroccan footballer * Fatima-Zohra Oukazi (b. 1984), Algerian volleyball player

Fatma

* Fatma Abdulhabib Fereji, Tanzanian politician * Fatma Agrebi, Tunisian volleyball player * Fatma Ali (born 1950), Tanzanian politician *

Fatma Aliye Topuz Fatma Aliye Topuz (9 October 1862 – 13 July 1936), often known simply as Fatma Aliye or Fatma Aliye Khanum, Hanım, was a Turkish people, Turkish novelist, columnist, essayist, women's rights Women in Turkish politics, activist and humanitarian ...

(1862–1936), Turkish novelist and columnist *

Fatma Al-Nabhani Fatma Al-Nabhani (; born 20 May 1991) is an Omani former tennis player. In her career, she won 10 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 4 October 2010, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 362. On 28 ...

, Omani tennis player * Fatma Ali, Tanzanian politician * Fatma Aly, Egyptian basketball player * Fatma Atalar (born 1988), Turkish handball player *

Fatma Ay Fatma Ay (born May 1, 1992) is a Turkish women's handballer, who plays in the Turkish Women's Handball Super League for Muratpaşa Bld. SK, and the Turkey national team. The -tall sportswoman is a goalkeeper. Playing career Club Fatma Ay ...

(born 1992), Turkish handball player * Fatma Aydemir, German author and journalist *

Fatma Begum Fatma Begum (1892 1983) was an Indian actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is known as ''The First Female Film Director in Indian Cinema''. Within four years, she went on to write, produce and direct many films. She launched her ...

, film actress and director from India * Fatma Betül Sayan Kaya, Turkish politician * Fatma Beyaz, Turkish volleyball player *

Fatma Bouri Fatma Bouri (born 9 January 1993) is a Tunisian handball player for Club Africain and the Tunisian national team. She participated at the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship The 2017 IHF World Women's Handball Championship, the 23rd even ...

, Turkish handball player * Fatma Boussaha, Tunisian Mezwed singer *

Fatma Bucak Fatma Bucak (born 1984) is an artist and photographer who lives and works in London and Istanbul. Biography She was born in Turkey, to a Kurdish family. She works in a variety of media, including photography, performance, sound, multimedia, an ...

, Turkish contemporary artist * Fatma Ceren Necipoğlu (1972–2009), Turkish harpist and university lecture for music * Fatma Damla Altın (born 2002), Turkish Paralympian athlete * Fatma Danabaş (born 1983), Turksh para archer * Fatma Demir, Turkish long-distance runner * Fatma Ekenoğlu (born 1956), Turkish Cypriot politician * Fatma El Mehdi, Sahrawi activist * Fatma El Sharnouby, Egyptian middle-distance runner * Fatma Gadri, Azerbaijani theatre actress *

Fatma Girik Fatma Girik (12 December 1942 – 24 January 2022) was a Turkish actress and politician. Together with Hülya Koçyiğit, Filiz Akın and Türkan Şoray, she was an icon for the golden age in Turkish cinematography and is regarded as one of the ...

(1942–2022), Turkish actress and politician * Fatma Gül Güler, Turkish Paralympic goalball player * Fatma Gül Sakızcan, Turkish handball player *

Fatma Güldemet Sarı Fatma Güldemet Sarı (born 25 June 1970) is a Turkish politician from the Justice and Development Party (AKP), who served as the Minister of Environment and Urban Planning from 24 November 2015 to 24 May 2016. She has been a Member of Parliam ...

, Turkish politician * Fatma Işık (born 1991), Turkish-German footballer * Fatma Hikmet İşmen (1918–2006), Turkish agricultural engineer, politician and former senator * Fatma Işık, Turkish-German footballer *

Fatma Jynge Fatma Jynge (29 November 1945 – 16 July 2019) was a Norwegian architect and politician for the Labour Party. Born in Tanzania and educated in Nairobi, Kenya, Jynge moved to Norway in 1971. She eventually assumed various administrative positi ...

, Norwegian architect and politician * Fatma Kachroudi, Tunisian Paralympian athlete *

Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet Fatma Kaplan Hürriyet (born 20 March 1982) is a Turkish lawyer and politician from the Republican People's Party (CHP) who served as the Member of Parliament for Kocaeli from June 2015 until her election as Mayor of İzmit in the 2019 local ...

, Turkish politician * Fatma Kara (born 1991), Turkish footballer *

Fatma Khanum Kamina Fatma Khanum Kamina (, born 1841, Shusha, Shusha Uyezd, Shamakhi Governorate, Russian Empire - died 1898, Shusha, Shusha Uyezd, Russian Empire) was a 19th-century female Azerbaijani poet known by her per name ''Kamina'' (the Humble One). Life ...

, Azerbaijani poet * Fatma Koşer Kaya (born 1968), Dutch politician * Fatma Kurtulan (born 1964), Turkish politician * Fatma Lanouar, Tunisian runner * Fatma Mehraliyeva, Azerbaijani singer and actress * Fatma Moalla, Tunisian mathematician * Fatma Mohamed, Romanian actress * Fatma Moussa, Egyptian academic, translator and literary critic * Fatma Müge Göçek, Turkish sociologist *

Fatma Mukhtarova Fatma Sattarovna Mukhtarova (, ; 26 March 1893 or 1898Грачева Л Годы и люди: �б. очерков Саратов, 1988. Вып. 3. С. 164-174. – 19 October 1972) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet opera singer (mezzo-soprano), Hono ...

(1893–1972), Azerbaijani opera singer * Fatma Neslişah, paternal granddaughter of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdülmecid II *

Fatma Nur Yavuz Fatma Nur Yavuz (born 4 January 1997) is a Turkish badminton player. She competed at the 2015 European Games. Achievements BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament ...

, Turkish badminton player * Fatma Omar, Egyptian powerlifter * Fatma Özlem Tursun (born 1988), Turkish female football referee and former women's footballer * Fatma Pesend Hanım Efendi (1876–1924), wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II *

Fatma Rashed Fatma Mohamed Ahmed Rashed (; born July 19, 1984) is an Egyptian Olympic rower. She represented Egypt in 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Olympic Participation London 2012 The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Oly ...

, Egyptian rower *

Fatma Şahin Fatma Şahin (born 20 June 1966) is a Turkish chemical engineer and politician. On 6 July 2011 she was appointed as the Minister of Family and Social Policies in the third cabinet of Erdoğan. Biography She was born on 20 June 1966 in Gazia ...

(born 1966), Turkish politician *

Fatma Şahin (footballer) Fatma Şahin (born December 15, 1990) is a Turkish Women's association football, women's footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper in the Turkish Women's Football Super League, Turkish Super League for Fatih Vatan S. ...

(born 1990), Turkish footballer * Fatma Said, Egyptian singer * Fatma Salman Kotan (born 1980), Turkish politician *

Fatma Samoura Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura (born 9 September 1962) is a Senegalese former diplomat and senior executive. She was appointed as the first female secretary general of FIFA by president Gianni Infantino and assumed her post on 20 June 2016. Previousl ...

(born 1962), United Nations official from Senegal * Fatma Serpil Alpman, Turkish diplomat * Fatma Sfar-Ben-Chker (born 1994), Tunisian handball player * Fatma Shanan, Israeli painter * Fatma Songül Gültekin (born 1997), Turkish hockey player and former footballer * Fatma Sultan, several Ottoman princesses * Fatma Şakar (born 1994), Turkish-German footballer * Fatma Toptaş, Turkish actress *

Fatma Turgut Fatma Turgut (born 2 January 1984) is a Turkish rock music singer. She completed her primary education in Atatürk Primary School and secondary education in Söke Hilmi Fırat Anatolian High School. In 2003, she entered the Department of Classi ...

, Turkish musician * Fatma Uruk (born 1988), Turkish freediver * Fatma Yazıcı, Turkish businesswoman * Fatma Yousif al-Ali (born 1953), Kuwaiti journalist and short story writer * Fatma Zahra Djouad, Algerian volleyball player * Fatma Zohra Ksentini, Algerian politician * Fatma-Zohra Oukazi (born 1984), Algerian volleyball player * Fatma Zohra Zamoum, Algerian writer and filmmaker * Fatma Zouhour Toumi, Tunisian javelin thrower *

Kara Fatma Fatma Seher Erden (1888 – 2 July 1955), known as Kara Fatma, was a female Turkish soldier who distinguished herself as a militia leader during the Turkish War of Independence. Nickname The word ''kara'' literally means "black" in Turkish and i ...

(1888–1955), Turkish heroine *

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (; 1830 – 1863) was an Algerian anti-colonial leader during 1849–1857 of the French conquest of Algeria and subsequent Pacification of Algeria. She led several battles against the French forces, until her capture i ...

, Algerian activist * Melda Fatma İdrisoğlu (born 1989), Turkish water polo player

Fadime

* Fadime Sahindal * Fadime Suna

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