Fatemeh as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fatemeh

What is the meaning of the name Fatemeh ?

The baby name Fatemeh is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Persian: /fɒːteˈme/ (FAH-teh-meh); Arabic: /ˈfɑːtɪmə/ or /fɑːˈtiːma/ (FAH-ti-mah).

Fatemeh is Arabic in Origin.

Fatemeh is the Persian form of Arabic Fāṭimah (Persian spelling فاطمه), derived from the Semitic root F-Ṭ-M meaning “to wean” or “to abstain.” The name is commonly glossed as “she who weans,” and, by religious interpretation, “one who refrains (from sin), chaste, pure.” In Persian, the final -eh represents the Arabic tāʾ marbūṭa and is sometimes rendered as Fātemeh or Fateme.

The name’s prominence stems from Fāṭimah bint Muḥammad, daughter of the Prophet, venerated across Islam - especially in Shiʿa tradition as al-Zahrāʾ (“the radiant”). In Iran, Fatemeh and the devotional compound Fatemeh Zahra have long ranked among the most given female names. International variants include Fatima/Fátima (Arabic, Iberian, and English), Fatimah (Quranic transliteration), Fatma (Turkish, Egyptian), Fatime (Albanian, Balkan), Fatmeh (Levantine/Persian transliteration), and West African forms Fatoumata/Fatimata with short form Fatou.