Fotiní
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Fotiní is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Cyprus than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Greek Φωτεινή (Foteiní), from Ancient Greek φωτεινός (phōteinós, “bright, shining”).
- GRGreece≈1 in 6K(inferred from the name graph)
- AUAustralia≈1 in 96K
- DEGermany≈1 in 148K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Fotiní itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Cyprus (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 126 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.0K (inferred from the name graph)
1,795 named Φωτεινη, 2011
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Greece, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Fotini in US United States, AU Australia, DE Germany and 2 more, Φωτεινη in GR Greece and Foteini in CY Cyprus.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- GreekΦωτεινήFoteiní(measured from records)
- Ancient Greekφωτεινόςphōteinós“bright, shining”(measured from records)
From Greek Φωτεινή (Foteiní), from Ancient Greek φωτεινός (phōteinós, “bright, shining”).
Sources 1
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Fotiní counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY Cyprus | #488 | 1,795as Φωτεινη | 1 in 706 | 1.8K | Foteini | 36 |
| GR Greece | #311 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 6K | 199 | Φωτεινη | 109 |
| US United States | — | 740 | 1 in 450K | 735 | Fotini | 126 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 148K | — | Fotini | 63 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 96K | 3 | Fotini | 68 |
| AL Albania | — | 227 | 1 in 14K | 227 | Fotini | 10 |
| SE Sweden | — | 124 | 1 in 82K | 124 | Fotini | 14 |
1,795 people counted by CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census), 2011, counting the spelling φωτεινη. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Fotiní mean, and where does it come from?
- From Greek Φωτεινή (Foteiní), from Ancient Greek φωτεινός (phōteinós, “bright, shining”). Recorded by Wiktionary.
- Is Fotiní a male or female name?
- Fotiní is a female 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.
- In which country does Fotiní have the most bearers?
- In Cyprus, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Φωτεινη, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Fotiní?
- In the United States, the national register counted 740 people named Fotiní in 2020, about 1 in 450 thousand residents.
- How common is Fotiní compared with other names?
- In Cyprus, Fotiní is the 488th most common given name of 8,840 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/fotin%C3%ADThe 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, “Fotiní” — the 488th most common given name in Cyprus. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.