The fortuna Surname
fortuna Name Meaning and History
- Italian, Spanish, Catalan, and Portuguese: from fortuna ‘chance’, ‘luck’, possibly applied as a nickname for a gambler or lucky person or in some cases as a continuation of the Late Latin personal name.
- Slovenian: nickname from Latin fortuna ‘fate’, ‘luck’, probably denoting a lucky person (see 1).
- Slovenian: shortened form of the personal name Fortunat, Latin Fortunatus (see Fortunato).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 18 - Messages: 30
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Obit: Fortuna, Margot 1916?-1948 Hazleton, PA |
 GordonGrening
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| Wanda Marie (Wilczynski) Fortuna, 92, of Englewood, Tenn., |
KENNELLYMARKA
| 0 |
| Vincenzo and Anna Fortuna family from Monteleone to Argentina | David Fortuna | 1 |
| Paolo Fortuna |
kennethjames84
| 1 |
| Fortuna/Fortune in New Orleans |
| 0 |
| Henry Fortunia (Fortuna) Sr. | Lasenda B. | 0 |
| Fortune |
penheart
| 2 |
| Pasquale Bruno, son of William and Rose Fortuna-Bruno |
shellene_1
| 0 |
| joseph fortuna | marie fortuna milone | 0 |
| al fortuna | bob fulk | 0 |
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