Given name & surname
Fortune
“a lucky man”
Fortune is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a lucky man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In English usage, Fortune as a surname developed from the Portuguese form Fortuna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fortune through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 534
- 208 boys · 326 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #9,670 for girls · #8,471 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +19%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,670 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 9 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 801 as a first name in 2020; 11,480 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.
Fortune’s family of names
In English usage, Fortune as a surname developed from the Portuguese form Fortuna. Fortune has a related form in Fortino. Fortune has a related form in Fortunato.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Fortinovariant
- Fortunatovariant
- Fortuneavariant
- Fortuneevariant
- Fortunievariant
- Fortunivariant
- Fortuneyvariant
- Fortunyvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fortune
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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