Faheemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fuh-HEE-muh
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Faheemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “understanding”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Faheemah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Faheema, itself a variant of Fahima, from fahm, 'understanding'
“understanding”
A variant spelling of Fahima, from the Arabic root f-h-m, to understand.
Meaning borrowed from Faheema.
Is Faheemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Faheemah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Faheemah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Faheemah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Faheemah than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Faheemah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Faheemah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Faheemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah Aakifah Azeemah Faiza Hibah Umamah Umaymah Samah Fariha Ammarah Nabeelah Rufaidah
Names related to Faheemah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Faheemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/faheemah, updated 20 October 2026.