Fatuma

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Fatouma in TN Tunisia, LB Lebanon, MA Morocco and 2 more and Фатума in RU Russia, UA Ukraine.

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 7 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◐

Fatuma is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name2.7K records spelled Fatuma9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Fatúma, Fàtuma, Fatumà, Fàtūmã

• Turkish given name2.2K records spelled Fatuma3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Tanzania, Kenya

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Fatüma

• Amharic given name1.3K records spelled Fatuma3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, Tanzania, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written ፋጡማ, ፋቱማ

• Bangla given name225 records spelled Fatuma3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Tanzania, United States, Kenya

  Languages: Bangla, Odia

  Also written ফাতমা

41 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●

Fatuma is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, Swahili and Somali form of Fatima.

  as a name·African Names

• Prophet Muhammad's daughter

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

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 30 years between 1991–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fatuma Abdulkadir Adanb. 1978KEActivist, Peace Builder and Football organiser, coach and Sports Diplomat in Kenya and the Global World
• Fatuma Kibasub. 1989TZTanzanian cricketer
• Fatuma Sadob. 1991ETEthiopian marathon runner
• Fatuma Issab. 1995TZTanzanian association football player
• Fatuma Ibrahim AliKESomali politician
• Fatuma A. KromahUSassistant professor of clinical surgery
• Fatuma Mussa MaghimbiTZpolitician from Tanzania
• Fatuma GediKEKenyan politician from Wajir
• Fatuma Zainabu MohammedKECounty Women Rep for Migori

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 · 158 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fatuma?

We estimate roughly 3.9 thousand people bear Fatuma (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Fatuma have the most bearers?

Fatuma is most frequently recorded in Tanzania, where it is most often spelled fatuma.

How common is Fatuma compared with other names?

In Tanzania, Fatuma is the 12th most common given name of 40,746 given names recorded there.

Is Fatuma a male or female name?

Fatuma 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 Fatuma mean?

Recorded meaning: Fatima; daughter of the Prophet Muhammad