Fortunata
Fortunata is an Italian girl's name. Fortunata is celebrated on October 14 in memory of Santa Fortunata, a 4th-century Christian martyr in Caesarea. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes nineteen Saints and Saints bearing the name Fortunato and Fortunata.
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Ancient Roman
Meaning & Origin of Fortunata
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fortunata is an Italian girl's name. Fortunata is celebrated on October 14 in memory of Santa Fortunata, a 4th-century Christian martyr in Caesarea. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes nineteen Saints and Saints bearing the name Fortunato and Fortunata.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Ancient Roman
The Story of Fortunata
American parents first put Fortunata on the record books as a baby girl name in 1908, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1918, when 25 Fortunatas were born — ranking #1,600 that year. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Fortunatas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1978 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 253 Fortunatas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Fortunata
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- Saint Fortunata, martyr at Rome (14 February)
- Saint Fortunata, martyr venerated at Patria (14 October)
- Fortunata (enslaved person) , a woman sold into slavery in Roman London in the first or second centuries AD
- Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731–1803), Modenese princess by birth and a princess of the blood of France by marriage
- Blessed Maria Fortunata Viti (1827–1922), Italian Benedictine nun (20 November)
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About the name Fortunata
Fortunata is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 253 births in the dataset. Fortunata's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #1,600. Use the chart and map above to compare Fortunata's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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