Fatima is one of the most beloved names in the Muslim world, honoring Fatima al-Zahra, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and a figure revered for her devotion and grace. The Arabic root relates to abstaining, a kind of spiritual discipline. Curiously, the name also belongs to a small Portuguese village, site of the famed 1917 Marian apparitions, giving Fatima a rare double-resonance across Islam and Catholicism. Three soft syllables move with a measured, almost liturgical cadence. In the United States it sits steadily in the low 300s, carrying quiet reverence and centuries of cross-cultural meaning.
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1880 to today
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- Adelyn
- Francesca
- Alayna
- Catherine
- Samara
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