Meaning of the nameFaustino

Male
Latin origin
Faus-ti-no

Faustino is a masculine name of Latin origin, coming from Faustinus, a diminutive of faustus, 'favorable'.

Meaning

“diminutive of Faustus, 'favorable'”

Source: Wiktionary: Faustino (verbete Italian) · Wiktionary: faustus · Behind the Name: Faustino

People (2022): 3,540
Rank in Brazil: #3,478
Median age: 63 years
2010 Census: 5,028; people

Faustino in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Faustino, 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 (875 people).

0 women 3,531 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 Faustino is most common

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

Mato Grosso do Sul 0.005%
Mato Grosso 0.003%
Piauí 0.003%
Bahia 0.003%
Maranhão 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	654	0.002%
Bahia	421	0.003%
Minas Gerais	315	0.002%
Paraná	228	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	213	0.002%
Maranhão	196	0.003%
Pará	192	0.002%
Santa Catarina	137	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	136	0.005%
Ceará	121	0.001%
Mato Grosso	119	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	108	0.001%
Piauí	107	0.003%
Goiás	106	0.002%
Pernambuco	85	0.001%
Amazonas	71	0.002%
Espírito Santo	48	0.001%
Tocantins	46	0.003%
Paraíba	42	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	40	0.001%
Sergipe	37	0.002%
Distrito Federal	32	0.001%
Rondônia	27	0.002%
Alagoas	19	0.001%
Amapá	18	0.003%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Faustino

Faustino comes from the Roman cognomen Faustinus, a diminutive of Faustus, according to the Italian entry for Faustino in Wiktionary, which gives faustus as 'favorable'. Behind the Name relates it to the idea of luck, 'fortunate'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,540 people named Faustino, with a median age of 63.

Sources

Wiktionary: Faustino (verbete Italian) · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: faustus · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Faustino · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Faustino

What does the name Faustino mean?

Faustino means “diminutive of Faustus, 'favorable'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Faustino in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,540 people with the first name Faustino, which ranks it number 3,478 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Faustino is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 3,531 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Faustino?

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

In which Brazilian state is Faustino most common?

Proportionally, in Mato Grosso do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Faustino (136 people), according to the 2022 Census.

Names that also mean prosperity

See all

More names of Latin origin

See all

Spotted a mistake? Report a correction for Faustino with a source. See the methodology.