Given name & surname · also Greek
Fotini
“bright, shining”
Fotini is a feminine given name from Greek, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Original GreekΦωτεινή
Meaning & origin
What it means
Fotini goes back to Ancient Greek φωτεινός, meaning “bright, shining.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Fotini comes from Greek, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Fotini developed from Φωτεινός.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fotini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 416
- 0 boys · 416 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,775 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,775 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 740 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.
Fotini’s family of names
In English usage, Fotini developed from the Ancient Greek form Φωτεινός. In English usage, Fotini has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Φωτεινή. In English usage, Fotini was borrowed from the Greek form Φωτεινή.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fotini
- Fofi GennimataGreek politician (1964–2021)
- Fotinì PelusoItalian actressborn 1999
- Fotini VavatsiGreek archerborn 1974
- Tinì Cansinoactressborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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