Fatma

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The name Fatma means “one who abstains, weaned.” It comes from the Turkish language tradition.

Fatma is the Turkish form of Fatimah, the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad and wife of Ali. It has been among the most popular Turkish female names for centuries, carrying deep Islamic significance. In Anatolian folk tradition, 'Fatma Ana' (Mother Fatma) is a protective spiritual figure.

Wikipedia confirms Fatma/Fatima as a female given name of Arabic origin, most famously borne by Fatimah bint Muhammad, the Islamic prophet's daughter, with several other of his relatives sharing it too. It glosses the literal meaning as one who separates or one who abstains, elaborated as being separated or weaned from the punishment of Hell, which supports the existing meaning; the source doesn't mention Ali, so the wife-of-Ali detail isn't confirmed here.

The source is titled as the Fatma name entry and confirms the name is used throughout the Muslim world, but the retrieved text doesn't spell out a specifically Turkish history or the Anatolian 'Fatma Ana' folk figure given elsewhere, so those details aren't confirmed by anything found here.

• Fatma Aliye Topuz (first female Turkish novelist, 19th century)
• Fatma Girik (beloved Turkish actress, known as 'Sultan' of Turkish cinema)

Sibling names that share Fatma's rhythm and register without echoing it too closely.