MEANING & HISTORY
What does Faustino mean?
Faustino is a Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Roman Faustinus, itself formed from Faustus. Faustus is a Latin name associated with being fortunate or auspicious.
The consulted reference identifies early saints bearing Faustinus, explaining one historical channel through which the family of names spread. Faustina is a related feminine form. The precise formation can be stated confidently even if a short headline does not unpack every older Latin adjective.
Keep Faustino and Fausto distinct when comparing records; the additional syllable belongs to a separate inherited name form.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name
Wiktionary: Faustino (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Faustino
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Faustino Aguilar
Journalist and writer
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Faustino Dy
Philippine politician (1925-1993)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
16
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
7
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Faustino Dy, Faustino Aguilar
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Faustino in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Faustino
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Fausto♂Auspicious or lucky
- Justino♂Just; upright
- Martiño♂Galician Martin-name form; associated with Mars
- Paulino♂Derived from Paulus, meaning small
- Albino♂White; bright, through Albinus
- Aquilino♂From Aquilinus, related to eagle-name Aquila
- Avelino♂From Saint Andrea Avellino’s Italian place-derived surname
- Catalino♂Masculine counterpart of Catalina
What rhymes with Faustino?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Explore Faustino further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q5856769 — Faustino (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Faustino Dy (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5856769 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Faustino Aguilar (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q5856769 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Faustino (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — faustino (opens in a new tab)
Faustinus derived from Faustus; Spanish/Italian/Portuguese adaptations. Consulted editorial entry, not submitted user content.
- Behind the Name — Faustus (opens in a new tab)
Consulted editorial entry: Latin auspicious/lucky, older name behind Faustinus; distinguishes name meaning from prediction.