Fatima (given Name)
Fatima (Arabic: فاطمة , Fāṭimah) is an Arabic female given name, commonly used among Muslims and is especially revered among Shias. The colloquial Arabic pronunciation of the name often omit the unstressed second syllable and render it as Fatma when romanized.
The town of Fátima in Portugal was named after a Moorish princess. It was the site of a famous Marian apparition in 1917, after which it achieved some popularity as a female personal name among Roman Catholics, especially Portuguese-speaking and to some degree Spanish-speaking.
The surname Mǎ (馬), is a common family name for Chinese Muslims, and is sometimes said to derive from the name Fatima.
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Famous quotes containing the word fatima:
“The white man regards the universe as a gigantic machine hurtling through time and space to its final destruction: individuals in it are but tiny organisms with private lives that lead to private deaths: personal power, success and fame are the absolute measures of values, the things to live for. This outlook on life divides the universe into a host of individual little entities which cannot help being in constant conflict thereby hastening the approach of the hour of their final destruction.”
—Policy statement, 1944, of the Youth League of the African National Congress. pt. 2, ch. 4, Fatima Meer, Higher than Hope (1988)