Fatemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FAT-i-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Fatemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who abstains”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Fatemah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fatema, itself a spelling of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Spelling of Fatima, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.
Meaning borrowed from Fatema.
Is Fatemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatemah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fatemah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Fatemah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Fatemah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Fatemah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 818 girls in the UK were given Fatemah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #69, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Fatemah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Fatemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Farah Sumayyah Ruqayyah Safa Nusaybah Zainab Aaminah Hibah Safiya Umamah Umaymah
Other spellings of Fatemah
Names related to Fatemah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Fatemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fatemah, updated 20 October 2026.