Fotini
Fotini is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek.
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Fotini
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Fotini is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek
The Story of Fotini
The earliest SSA record of Fotini as a baby girl name dates back to 1969, when 6 babies received it. 1984 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Fotini — #4,167 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Fotini on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Fotini last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 410 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Fotini
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Fotini. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Foteini
Names that sound like Fotini
Phonetically similar names — useful when Fotini is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Photinia
- Photon
- Photons
- Fantine
- Fantini
- Fortini
- Fatima
- Fatten
- Fini
- Feeny
- Feeney
- Fattened
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Fotini
Fotini is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 410 births in the dataset. Fotini's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #4,167. Use the chart and map above to compare Fotini'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.