Entry № 3426 · Greek origin

Fotini Fotini — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ foh-TEE-nee /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Light (Saint Photini Samaritan woman)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "light (saint photini samaritan woman)".

Fotini is from the Modern Greek Φωτεινή (Fōteinḗ — luminous, full of light) — from Greek phōs (light). Fotini is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek Orthodox heritage.

Light (Saint Photini Samaritan woman) — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Φωτεινή

Transliteration: Fōteinḗ
Pronunciation: / foʊˈtiː.ni /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Fotini stands.

Fotini 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.

Namesakes

Fotinis before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Saint Photini / Saint Fotini of Samaria

Samaritan Woman at the Well + Gospel of John 4:1-42 + Jesus's encounter at Jacob's Well in Sychar + first Samaritan + first woman evangelist + Equal-to-the-Apostles + feast day February 26.

~1st c. CE

Names connected to Fotini.

Numerology

The number behind Fotini.

The Leader

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