Fatyma
Just 14 women in Poland carry Fatyma, and no girl has been given it in any year on record: most Poles will never meet one. It traces back to a Hebrew root meaning "one who abstains".
Fatyma Pronunciation
Fatyma is pronounced fah-TIH-mah (/faˈtɨma/).
What Fatyma means
Where Fatyma comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Fatyma is the Polish form of Fatima. The short meaning is plain. One who abstains, one who is weaned. The Arabic name grew from a sense of weaning, a child drawn from the breast and set on its own. The grounding traces the deeper root to Hebrew, where that same idea of holding back takes shape.
The best documented bearer is Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, remembered across Islamic history. From her the name travelled west. A Portuguese town took its name from a Moorish woman called Fátima, and that town became famous in 1917 for the Marian apparitions reported there. This is how many Catholics first met the word.
On a Polish class register, Fatyma stays rare. A teacher who reads it aloud meets a name built on restraint, powstrzymująca się.
How many people are named Fatyma
1 in 1610274 women in Poland is named Fatyma. 14 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #12628 among female names.
Fatyma as a middle name
Fatyma is a first name for 14 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, an 88/12 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5870th, between Fatime (2) and Fazila (2).
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#5868 Fatimata2
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#5869 Fatime2
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#5870 Fatyma2
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#5871 Fazila2
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#5872 Febe2