I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for Fortuna, Fortunato and Fortunatus . I hope the below information will be useful to you.
Eugenia Fortuna - Fortuna - Italy, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Brazil, California Family name. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 203. Fortuna - a Spanish and Italian name. In English means: Fortune. Informaiton is from: ______, ORIGINS OF NAMES WITH MEANINGS AND TRANSLATIONS, privately published 18 Rockrose Way, Irvine, CA 92612, Date printed 28 Feb. 1998, page 4 of 8. [Web-Site Address: http://members.aol.com/Nodoubtay/index15.html] Fortuna - is a given name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 24. Fortuna - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269. Fortunato - In Portuguese, Fortunato - In English, Fortunatus. - Portugal, Brazil, California Proper name. Information is from: Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 893. Fortunato - is a given name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Information is from: BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978, page 24. Fortunato - is a family name of a early portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269. Fortunatus - In Portuguese, Fortunato - In English, Fortunatus. Information is from: Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 893. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
