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Fadima

/fa-DEE-ma/Wolof · a girl’s name

“A Senegalese form of Fatima/Fāṭimah, traditionally understood as “one who weans” or “one who abstains.””

How to say it
fa-DEE-ma
Given to
Girls
Used in
Senegal, Gambia
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

FadimaFatima

From the same family

01Fadila“A virtuous and admirable woman”Woloffemale→︎02Fadimatou“A West African/Senegalese form of Fatima/Fāṭimah: “one who weans” or “one who abstains.””Woloffemale→︎