Entry № 3271 · Latin origin

Faustina Faustina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ fous-TEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Lucky, fortunate"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "lucky, fortunate".

Faustina is the Latin feminine of Faustus — meaning "fortunate" or "lucky." Empress Faustina the Elder (c. 100-141 CE) was the wife of Emperor Antoninus Pius; Faustina the Younger (130-175 CE) was the wife of Marcus Aurelius.

Lucky. The Roman empress. The Polish nun.

The name in its native script.

Faustina
Transliteration
Faustina
Pronunciation
/ fɔːˈstiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Faustina stands.

Faustina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Faustinas before her.

Real people
Saint Faustina Kowalska
Polish Divine Mercy mystic.
1905 – 1938
Empress Faustina the Elder
Wife of Antoninus Pius.
c. 100 – 141 CE
In fiction
Faustina
Heroine of Fellini's Nights of Cabiria.
1957 film

Names connected to Faustina.

The number behind Faustina.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Faustina reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.