Given name & surname
Fortino
“a lucky man”
Fortino is a variant of Fortune. One French interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fortino is a variant of Fortune. One French interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fortino is a variant of Fortune. An origin associated with Fortune is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fortino through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 800
- 800 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,019 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,019 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,086 as a first name in 2020; 1,281 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fortino’s family of names
Fortino has a related form in Fortune.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Fortino
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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