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• Fatima
  Fatima

  noun

  a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.
• Fátima
  Fátima

  noun

  a village in central Portugal, N of Lisbon: Roman Catholic shrine.

Fatima

¹ American  

[fat-uh-muh, fah-tee-mah] / ˈfæt ə mə, ˈfɑ tiˌmɑ /

noun

1. a.d. 606?–632, daughter of Muhammad and wife of Ali.

2. the seventh and last wife of Bluebeard, popularly a symbol for feminine curiosity.

3. a female given name.

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Fátima ² American  

[fah-ti-muh] / ˈfɑ tɪ mə /

noun

1. a village in central Portugal, N of Lisbon: Roman Catholic shrine.

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Fátima ¹ British  

/ ˈfatimə /

noun

1. a village in central Portugal: Roman Catholic shrine and pilgrimage centre

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Fatima ² British  

/ ˈfætɪmə /

noun

1. ?606–632 _ad daughter of Mohammed; wife of Ali

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Example Sentences

Fatima, 19, a Somali refugee who was granted asylum, returned to in-person high-school classes in April after months of online learning.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

The success of artificial intelligence has increased investors’ appetite for technologies that once seemed futuristic, Citibank analyst Fatima Boolani said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

For Fatima, a practicing Muslim who adores her parents, the stakes feel even higher.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Citi Research analyst Fatima Boolani reaffirmed this view in April, writing that IBM’s software and hardware were entrenched “across the most critical points of the world’s largest, most complex IT infrastructures.”

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

I had left Nasreen Baji watching television in the living room and slipped into the kitchen, where Fatima was putting the leftovers from the evening meal in the fridge.

From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed