Meaning of the nameFausta

Fausta is a female name of Latin origin, the feminine form of Faustus (Fausto), meaning "auspicious, fortunate".

Meaning

“feminine form of Fausto, "auspicious, fortunate"”

Source: Wiktionary: Faustus · Behind the Name: Fausta · Behind the Name: Faustus

People (2022): 1,474
Rank in Brazil: #6,348
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 2,096; people

Fausta in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Fausta, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (346 people).

1,464 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Fausta is most common

States with the highest share of people named Fausta in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.001%
Ceará 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	248	0.001%
Bahia	192	0.001%
Minas Gerais	182	0.001%
Ceará	107	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	90	0.001%
Maranhão	70	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	66	0.001%
Pará	65	0.001%
Piauí	54	0.002%
Pernambuco	51	0.001%
Goiás	46	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	34	0.001%
Amazonas	32	0.001%
Paraná	29	0.000%
Distrito Federal	26	0.001%
Sergipe	26	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	25	0.001%
Tocantins	24	0.002%
Santa Catarina	22	0.000%
Paraíba	19	0.001%
Mato Grosso	19	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Fausta

Wiktionary records Fausta in Portuguese as a female name whose male equivalent is Faustus. Behind the Name defines it as the feminine form of the Roman name Faustus, a cognomen meaning "auspicious, fortunate" in Latin; Wiktionary gives the Latin adjective faustus as the origin of Faustus. The meaning, therefore, is that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,474 people named Fausta, with a median age of 66; proportionally, it is most common in Bahia. The name is almost always female, and most of the people were born before 1970.

Sources

Wiktionary: Fausta · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Faustus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Fausta · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Faustus · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Fausta

What does the name Fausta mean?

Fausta means “feminine form of Fausto, "auspicious, fortunate"”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Fausta in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,474 people with the first name Fausta, which ranks it number 6,348 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Fausta a boy's or a girl's name?

Fausta is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,464 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Fausta?

Fausta is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Fausta most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.001% of the state's population is named Fausta (192 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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