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Fortunata
Say it: for-too-NAH-tuh
Meaning
Latin fortunata 'fortunate, lucky'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common among early Christians; Benito Pérez Galdós used it for his novel Fortunata y Jacinta (1887).
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 253 babies given this name since 1908
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 49,600 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Fortunata |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Fortunata |
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.