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Fortune

in Kentucky

There are 73 people with the last name "Fortune" in Kentucky.

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Fortune 5,135
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  1. is 5,131st most common Deacon
  2. is 5,132nd most common Dickison
  3. is 5,133rd most common Eadens
  4. is 5,134th most common Fizer
  5. is 5,135th most common Fortune
  6. is 5,136th most common Galvin
  7. is 5,137th most common Goheen
  8. is 5,138th most common Graven
  9. is 5,139th most common Grigson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Forte, Fortner, Fort, Fortin, Fortier, Fortenberry, Fortney, Fortson, Fortunato, Fortuna

Most Common First Names for Fortune

John, Donna, Frank, Beverly, Douglas, Eugene, Lloyd, Mary, Myron, Robin

Meaning & History

English and French: nickname for a gambler or for someone considered fortunate or well favored, from Middle English, Old French fortune ‘chance’, ‘luck’. In some cases it may derive from the rare medieval personal name Fortune (Latin Fortunius).

French (Fortuné): from the personal name Fortuné, a vernacular form of the Late Latin personal name Fortunatus meaning ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Lothian, probably so named from Old English fōr ‘hog’, ‘pig’ + tūn ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’; John de Fortun was servant to the abbot of Kelso c. 1200.

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John Fortune, KY (6 searches)
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