Intelligent, learned, or perceptive
Derived from the Arabic root f-h-m, which relates to understanding and comprehension. It is the feminine form of Fahim and is traditionally used to denote a woman of great wisdom or intellectual depth.
Less common today
Fahima isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,219 in 2002.
First female speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Sudanese poet and writer
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
