Fatima (Name) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fatima, or, in a more exact transliteration, F imah, is of Arabic origin, and its meaning is "one who weans an infant," and "one who abstains." It is commonly given as a female personal name among Muslims, after Fatima Zahra ("Fatima the shining one"), the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Fatima was the name of the favorite daughter of the prophet Muhammad who was his only child to bear children.