Fun Facts About the Name Fatih
- 114 babies named Fatih: U.S. records list 114 babies given the name Fatih from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Fatih Mean?
Fatih is an Arabic name meaning "conqueror" or, more literally, "opener." It comes from the Arabic root f-t-ḥ (فتح), whose basic sense is to open something that was closed. The name is the active participle fātiḥ (فاتح), "one who opens," and by extension "one who conquers," since a city or fortress is said to be "opened" when it is taken. The same root gives the Arabic noun fatḥ, "opening, conquest, victory," and the divine name al-Fattāḥ, "the Opener," used in Islam for God. The common English gloss "conqueror" reflects that extended sense rather than the literal "opener."
Fatih Name History & Origins
The name is Arabic in origin and passed into Turkish, Persian, Urdu, and other languages of the Islamic world as both a given name and a title. Its best-known use is as the byname of the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (1432 - 1481), who captured Constantinople in 1453 and is remembered as Fatih Sultan Mehmet, "Mehmed the Conqueror." The Istanbul district of Fatih, built around the mosque complex he commissioned, still carries the title.
In Turkish the ordinary word fatih means "conqueror," so the name remains a readable vocabulary word as well as a personal name. Arabic speakers use Fātiḥ, and related forms such as Fateh and Fath appear in Persian and Urdu with the same underlying sense of conquest or victory.
How Popular is the Name Fatih?
Fatih has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2012. Its best rank was #7,203 in 2012.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #10,178 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #12,950 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #8,375 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #12,654 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #10,078 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #11,197 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,826 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #11,117 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,663 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #11,174 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #7,203 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #9,968 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #12,881 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,449 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #7,887 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #9,660 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #8,505 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #9,188 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Fatih Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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