Name: Fortune
Gender: Male
Usage: Fortune, of basque origin, is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Fortune are in general originating from France, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Fortune is: Given to luck.
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Numerology of the first name Fortune: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 9. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: humanitarian, self-sacrificing, idealistic, giving, altruist, devoted, romantic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Compassionate, Idealistic
Ruling planet: Mars
Colors: Red
Gemstones: Bloodstone
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The name Fortune is ranked on the 7,697th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.
We estimate that there are at least 35100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Fortune has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Fortune for each year.
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History and Origin
Fortune is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Amos Fortune (citizen of Jaffrey) (c. 1710–1801), African American ex-slave and businessman
- Dion Fortune (1890–1946), born Violet Mary Firth, British occultist and author
- Jesse Fortune (1930–2009), American Chicago blues singer
- Jimmy Fortune (born 1955), American country music singer
- John Fortune (born 1939), British comedian best known for his work on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune
- Marc-Antoine Fortuné (born 1981), French Guianese football player
- Quinton Fortune (born 1977), South African football player
- Robert Fortune (1812–1880), Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India
- Rose Fortune (1774–1864), African American businessperson and first female police officer in Canada
- Scott Fortune (born 1966), American former volleyball player
- Seán Fortune (died 1999), Irish priest and alleged child molester
- Sonny Fortune (born 1939), American jazz musician
- Timothy Thomas Fortune (1856–1928), American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher
- Victor Fortune (1883–1949), British Army major general
Given name:
- Fortune (circa 1743 – 1798), African-American slave
- Fortune Gallo (1878–1970), opera impresario
- Fortune Gordien (1922–1990), American athlete, primarily in the discus throw
- Fortuné Méaulle (1844–1901), French engraver
Fictional characters:
- Amos Fortune (comics), DC Comics supervillain
- Anna Fortune, DC Comics character
- Dominic Fortune, Marvel Comics character
- Reginald Fortune, fictional detective of H. C. Bailey
- Fortune, character from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
- Miss Fortune, the Bounty Hunter, a playable champion character in the action real-time strategy video game League of Legends
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