THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Fatima
Fatima is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Imah Dumagay, Fatima Lasay. This snapshot links the name to 3 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Arabic فَاطِمَة (fāṭima). The name Fatima is from the Arabic root f-t-m (lit. 'to wean') and signifies the Shia belief that she, her progeny, and her adherents (Shi'a) have been spared from hellfire. Alternatively, the word Fatima is associated in Shia sources with Fatir (lit. 'creator', a name of God) as the earthly symbol of the divine creative power.
A female given name from Arabic, of Muslim and Catholic usage, in the latter case in honor of Our Lady of Fátima.
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People with the name Fatima
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Imah Dumagay
Philippine stand-up comedian
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
3
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Imah Dumagay, Fatima Lasay
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Fatima in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Fatima
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Fátima♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Farida·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Maxima·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Naima♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Raima·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Fabian♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Fabián♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Faisal♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Fatima?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Fatima further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q221839 — Fatima (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Imah Dumagay (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q221839 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Fatima Lasay (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q221839 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Fatima (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.