Fahima

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Fahima is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name8.0K records spelled Fahima5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Philippines

  Languages: French, Spanish, Catalan

  Also written Fàhima, Fàhimà

• a separate given name294 records spelled Fahima2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Morocco, Ethiopia

  Also written Fahīma

• Thai given name184 records spelled Fahima7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Laos, Tanzania, United States

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Fama, Famá, ฟาหิมา, ฟาหมา, Fämä

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Fahima is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• learned, understands

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

• In Arabic, quick-witted, sharp-witted; fem. of Fahim. See Faheema 4a.43

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 78 years between 1913–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fahima Khatunb. 1992BDBangladeshi female cricketer
• Fahima HashimSDSudanese human rights activist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 190 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fahima?

We estimate roughly 1.8 thousand people bear Fahima (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Fahima have the most bearers?

Fahima is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled fahima.

How common is Fahima compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Fahima is the 63rd most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Fahima a male or female name?

Fahima is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Fahima mean?

Recorded meaning: learned, intelligent