MEANING & HISTORY
What does Buenaventura mean?
Buenaventura is a Spanish name transparently associated with buena, good, and ventura, fortune. Its Christian name tradition includes Saint Bonaventure, whose name is the Latin-Romance counterpart.
The compound expresses a favourable wish rather than predicting a bearer’s luck. It is a complete inherited name, not two independent given names that should be split in a name catalogue.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Spanish
- /bwenabenˈtuɾa/
- [bwe.na.β̞ẽn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
Bue · na · ven · tu · ra5 written divisions
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Origin and name formation
Spanish
Dictionary accounts by language
Spanish
A reference to St. Bonaventure (Santa Buenaventura), equivalent to buena + ventura (“fortune”).
a male given name
Wiktionary: Buenaventura (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
People with the name Buenaventura
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Buenaventura S. Medina Jr.
Filipino writer
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Buenaventura Villamayor
Filipino chess player
Descriptions: Wikidata contributors (CC0).
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 1 elected-candidate records ·
BUENAVENTURA
· CSV row 2,785 · ODbL 1.0 - Wikidata
- 3 person records with this given name · Q1001781 · CC0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata given-name item Q1001781 — Buenaventura (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Buenaventura Villamayor (opens in a new tab)
- Wikidata — Buenaventura S. Medina Jr. (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary contributors — Buenaventura (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: Buenaventura (opens in a new tab)