Given name
Fortunata
“fortunate”
Fortunata is a feminine form of Fortunato. One Late Latin interpretation is “fortunate.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fortunata is a feminine form of Fortunato. One Late Latin interpretation is “fortunate.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Fortunata is a feminine form of Fortunato. An origin associated with Fortunato is Late Latin. Fortunata is a variant of Fortuna. An origin associated with Fortuna is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Fortunata is a variant of Fortuna. The history of Fortuna gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Fortuna is associated with the goddess of fortune and chance.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Fortunata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 253
- 0 boys · 253 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 704 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fortunata’s family of names
Fortunata is a feminine form of Fortunato. Fortunata has a related form in Fortuna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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