Fortunatus
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Fortunatus is a classic Latin name for a boy, meaning "fortunate" or "blessed"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/foɾtunatus/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Fortunatus is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Tanzania.
- TZTanzania
- NGNigeria
- ZASouth Africa
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Fortunatus is a classic Latin name for a boy, meaning "fortunate" or "blessed." With its positive meaning and connection to a helpful figure in the early Christian church, it suggests a life of happiness and good fortune.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Fortunatus is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Fortunatus is Latin, meaning "fortunate," "lucky," "blessed," or "prosperous." It is the past participle of the verb 'fortunare', meaning to make prosperous.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Fort Victoria [Masvingo, Nyanda]
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, city, Zimbabwe
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Latin, blessed, prosperous, lucky, fortunate
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Fortunatus Hueberb. 1639DEGerman historian and theologian (1639-1706)
- Fortunatus Cavallob. 1738DEGerman composer and choir director
- Fortunatus Dwarrisb. 1786British lawyer and writer (1786-1860)
- Fortunatus Evelyn Wrightb. 18291829:1912 - Son of Captain John Faithful Fortesque Wright (1786-1853) and Louisa Felicite née Liardet (1799-1875). Arrived at Lyttelton in Aug 1852 on the 'Samarang'. Chief postmaster, Christchurch, in 1866. Manager of Christchurch's first band circ
- Heinrich Diederichsb. 1840LVnot in their usual nameBaltic German historian (1840-1914)
- Ebo Fortunatus Amannb. 1844ATAustrian music director (1844-1899)
- Fortunatus M. Lukanimab. 1940TZAfrican Roman Catholic bishop
- Fortunatus Nwachukwub. 1960NGNigerian Roman Catholic archbishop
- Fortunatus of CaseiCHMember of the Theban Legion
- Fortunatus Victor CostaMT19th century Maltese philosopher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 35 | #8,339 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #40,621 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #41,217 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 6 | #38,231 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2 | #60,880 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | — | — |
| DE Germany | DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen (2007) | — | — | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | WGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Fortunatus come from?
- Fortunatus is a classic Latin name for a boy, meaning "fortunate" or "blessed." With its positive meaning and connection to a helpful figure in the early Christian church, it suggests a life of happin… Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Fortunatus?
- In the etymology graph, Fortunato is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Fortunatus?
- A machine transcription gives /foɾtunatus/ (IPA) for Swahili.
- Is Fortunatus a male or female name?
- Fortunatus is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Fortunatus mean?
- Recorded meaning: Fortunatus is a classic Latin name for a boy, meaning "fortunate" or "blessed."
- In which country does Fortunatus have the most bearers?
- Fortunatus is most frequently recorded in Tanzania.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fortunatusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Fortunatus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.