Fatoumatta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fah-too-MAH-ta
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Fatoumatta 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 Fatoumatta mean?
Arabic: spelling of Fatoumata; West African form of Fatima
“one who abstains”
Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, is deeply revered across the Muslim world.
Meaning borrowed from Fatoumata.
Is Fatoumatta a girl's or a boy's name?
Fatoumatta 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 Fatoumatta in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Fatoumatta, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fatoumatta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Fatoumatta or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Fatoumata 8
- Fatoumatta 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Fatoumatta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
Nicknames for Fatoumatta
- Fatou 4 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Fatoumatta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Zainab, Hiba, Safiya, Rahma, Abeeha, Amira, Khadija, Huda, Sumayyah
Other spellings of Fatoumatta
Names related to Fatoumatta
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, 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, “Fatoumatta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fatoumatta, updated 20 October 2026.