Fati

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Fatou Mata

A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 27 countries

/faːti/(machine-generated) Turkish · model-generated

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Fati is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country.

  • MAMorocco≈1 in 330(inferred from the name graph)
  • DZAlgeria≈1 in 590few records
  • GEGeorgia≈1 in 3.1K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Morocco (inferred from the name graph)

≈110,000 people, est.

Record sources
121 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 334 (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Fatou Mata

Cited for this meaning 1

  • The book of African names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Fati counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Fati is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MA Morocco#464≈110,000 est.≈1 in 334—Fati20
DZ Algeria#836≈80,000 est.≈1 in 587listedFati9
NG Nigeria#986≈45,000 est.≈1 in 5.2KlistedFati40
TR Türkiye—≈4,900 est.≈1 in 17K—Fati29
GH Ghana#182≈4,200 est.≈1 in 8.2K—Fati33
GE Georgia#298≈1,200 est.≈1 in 3.1K—Fati12
US United States—2371 in 1.4M211Fati121

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Fati is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name65 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Morocco, Algeria, Belgium

    Also written Fàti, Fàtî, Fatï, Fâtï, Fãti

  • Spanish given name74 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Mexico, Argentina, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Fáti, Fatî, Fàti, Fätï, Fäti

  • Russian given name53 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria

    Languages: Russian, Macedonian, Ukrainian

    Also written Фати, Фаті, Faty, Fätï, Fàtî

  • Hindi given name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Türkiye, Nigeria, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Fàti, Fätî, Fąti, Fățî, Fátï

  • Thai given name38 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, Nigeria, Algeria

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written ฟาต, ฟาตี, ฟาตู, Fatu, Fatou

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Fatī, Fáti

  • Amharic given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, United States

    Also written ፋቲ, ፈቲ, Feti, ፋጢ, Faati

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Fati is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Robust.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • In Albanian, mythological figure, imagined as one of three women (fates) that would come to a newborn's cradle on the third day of their life to assign their fate and future

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In non, third-person present subjunctive active of fata

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In niu, to snap, break off; to break, of waves

    as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

  • In vo, accusative singular of fat

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
500100015002000Fatimah bint Asad, b. 568Fatima, b. 604Fātima bint Mūsā, b. 790Umm Kulthum, b. 1898Nargis, b. 1929Lalla Latifa, b. 1946Fatima Whitbread, b. 1961Fatima Robinson, b. 1971Fatima Bhutto, b. 1982Fatima Sana Shaikh, b. 1992
  • Fatimah bint Asadb. 568SAnot in their usual nameCompanion and aunt of Muhammad
  • Fatimab. 604SAnot in their usual namedaughter of Muhammad (c. 605–632)
  • Fātima bint Mūsāb. 790SAnot in their usual nameDaughter of the Seventh Twelver Imam
  • Umm Kulthumb. 1898EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian singer and actress (1904–1975)
  • Nargisb. 1929INnot in their usual nameIndian actress (1929-1981)
  • Lalla Latifab. 1946MAnot in their usual nameMoroccan royal
  • Fatima Whitbreadb. 1961GBnot in their usual nameBritish athlete; former javelin thrower
  • Fatima Robinsonb. 1971USnot in their usual nameAmerican music video director and choreographer
  • Fatima Bhuttob. 1982PKnot in their usual namePakistani writer
  • Fatima Sana Shaikhb. 1992INnot in their usual nameIndian film and television actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalMerhaba Fati,Hi Fati, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

43 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 27 countries.

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Fati mean, and where does it come from?
Fatou Mata Recorded by The book of African names.
How do you pronounce Fati?
In Turkish /faːti/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Is Fati a male or female name?
Fati is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
In which country does Fati have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 114 thousand people named Fati in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled fati.
How common is the name Fati?
In the United States, the national register counted 237 people named Fati in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
How common is Fati compared with other names?
In Morocco, Fati is the 464th most common given name of 41,711 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fati” — the 464th most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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