Entry № 3206 · Arabic origin

Fahima Fahima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ fah-HEE-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Intelligent / understanding (Arabic + foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "intelligent / understanding (arabic + foundational)".

Fahima is from the Arabic Fahīma. A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic heritage aesthetic. Fahima is a foundational name with deep heritage. Arabic Fahīma intelligent understanding perceptive + Arabic fahm understanding + foundational central in Islamic intellectual-virtue concept + foundational central in pan-Arab + Urdu + Persian + Turkish naming heritage + foundational central in classical Arabic + Urdu poetic vocabulary + foundational Fahima Aziz Afghan-American author + foundational central in pan-Islamic feminine intellectual-naming heritage. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Arabic heritage.

Intelligent / understanding (Arabic + foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Arabic *Fahīma* intelligent understanding perceptive + Arabic *fahm* understanding + foundational central in Islamic intellectual-virtue concept + foundational central in pan-Arab + Urdu + Persian + Turkish naming heritage + foundational central in classical Arabic + Urdu poetic vocabulary + foundational Fahima Aziz Afghan-American author + foundational central in pan-Islamic feminine intellectual-naming heritage

The name in its native script.

فهيمة
Transliteration
Fahīma
Pronunciation
/ fəˈhiː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Fahima stands.

Fahima does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Fahimas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Fahima Aziz / Islamic intellectual
Arabic intelligent understanding + Arab + Urdu + Persian + Turkish naming + classical Arabic + Urdu poetic vocabulary + Fahima Aziz Afghan-American author
Arabic + intellect

Names connected to Fahima.

The number behind Fahima.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Fahima reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.