Fortún

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Fortún

Say it: for-TOON

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Meaning

From Latin Fortunius, from fortuna 'luck, fortune'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Common in medieval Navarre and Aragon.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

  1. The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
  2. The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450

Used by

SpanishBasque

The family of the name

Other spellings: Fortuño

BasqueFortun

Famous bearers

  • Fortún Garcés, king of Pamplona

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Where this comes from

  • Royal and noble genealogies
  • Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters

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