as a Last Name
- 1,291
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Fausto
Meaning & Origins
Italian: from the personal name Fausto, Latin Faustus ‘fortunate’, ‘lucky’, a derivative of favere ‘favor’. See also Faust. Fausto is quite common today as an Italian personal name, but was not so used until the Renaissance.
| 21,389th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,291
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- California
- has the most people named Fausto per capita
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