MEANING & HISTORY
What does Fortunato mean?
Fortunato is a Spanish and Italian form of Latin Fortunatus. The Latin adjective means fortunate or favoured by fortune.
It became a personal name borne by early saints. The transparent root describes a favourable condition or wish in the older language. It does not guarantee good luck, wealth or an easy life for an individual bearer.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /foɾtuˈnato/
- [foɾ.t̪uˈna.t̪o]
For · tu · na · to4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
SpanishEtymology & source
Learned borrowing from Latin Fortūnātus.
a male given name
Wiktionary: Fortunato (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Fortunato
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
Fortunato Abat
Filipino general
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Fortunato Yambao
Filipino basketball player (born 1912)
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
11
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
3
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Fortunato Yambao, Fortunato Abat
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Fortunato 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 Fortunato
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
- Donato♂Given
- Renato♂Born again; reborn
- Reynato♂Born again; variant of Renato
- Honorato♂Honoured; worthy of esteem
- Deodato♂Given by God
What rhymes with Fortunato?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Fortunato 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.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1003165 — Fortunato (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Fortunato Yambao (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1003165 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Fortunato Abat (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1003165 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Fortunato (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Fortunato (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.