The ventura Surname
ventura Name Meaning and History
Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, and Jewish (Sephardic): from
a medieval personal name, a short form of Bonaventura or
Buenaventura, meaning ‘good fortune’, or, in the case of the
Italian name, a nickname from ventura ‘fortune’, ‘luck’. The
name Bonaventura was borne in honor of a saint (1221–74) who
was given this nickname by St. Francis of Assisi when he cured him
miraculously as a child.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Searching for Ventura Relatives | Romaine Schell | 5 |
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