Fausta

Girl · Latin

Fausta

Say it: FAW-stuh

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Meaning

Feminine of Faustus 'lucky, auspicious'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A Roman name best known from Constantine's empress.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

024618801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1931per million babies of that sex
  • 10 babies given this name since 1926
  • At its height in 1931, about 1 in 212,900 girls
  • Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476

Used by

LatinItalian

The family of the name

ItalianFausta
SpanishFausta

Famous bearers

  • Fausta, wife of Constantine the Great

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Where this comes from

  • Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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