Fatimah
Fewer than 40 women in Poland carry it, and no girls have been given it since 2000: a name most Poles will never meet in person. It traces back to a Hebrew root meaning "one who abstains, weans".
Fatimah Pronunciation
Fatimah is pronounced fah-TEE-mahkh (/faˈtimax/).
What Fatimah means
Where Fatimah comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Fatimah reaches back to a Hebrew root, then made its home in Arabic. Its meaning stays close to a single idea: one who abstains, one who weans. That picture comes from a mother easing a child off the breast, an act of holding back rather than giving.
The best documented bearer is Fatimah bint Muhammad, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. She lived in seventh-century Arabia and is honored across the Muslim world. Her name carried the weaning sense into many households after her, from daughter to granddaughter.
In a Polish class register today, Fatima or Fatimah marks a family with roots far from the Vistula. The name needs no diminutive. It comes as written, and the meaning holds: one who weans, one who abstains.
How many people are named Fatimah
1 in 578047 women in Poland is named Fatimah. 39 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #6217 among female names.
Fatimah as a middle name
Fatimah is a first name for 39 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, an 87/13 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3246th, between Fareed (6) and Fatoumata (6).
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#3244 Fanta6
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#3245 Fareed6
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#3246 Fatimah6
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#3247 Fatoumata6
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#3248 Fawad6