Fausto

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Фаусто in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Fausto is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Italian given name19K records spelled Fausto3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Also written Fausţo, Fáustó

• German given name2.0K records spelled Fausto3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Italy, Switzerland

  Also written Fäûštō, Faeûštō

• Croatian given name508 records spelled Fausto9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Italy, Switzerland

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

  Also written Fäüštö, Фаусто

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Fausto is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, happy

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Latín Faustus: 'fausto, feliz, próspero, de buen agüero'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Dal lat. Faustus, 'fausto, propizio'; con i diminutivi Faustino e Faustiano.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Ss. Faustino e Giovita, patroni di Brescia. dove il nome è frequente. Nartiri sotto Adriano; I.? febbraio. Da Paustiano, anzichè da Fosca, deriverei il cogn. friu- lano Foschiani; l'anormale riduzione del dittongo ai spiegherebbe colla analogia tra i due nomi; normale t invece la riduzione del nesso st = sc. Cfr. il toscano schiavo = sliavo, schiantare = stiantare, ecc.

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, forma italiana de Faustus.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fausto Sozzinib. 1539CHItalian theologian
• Fausto Elhuyarb. 1755ESSpanish chemist
• Agustin Larab. 1897MXnot in their usual nameMexican composer and interpreter of songs and boleros (1897–1970)
• Fausto Guerzonib. 1903ITItalian actor (1904–1967)
• Fausto Coppib. 1919ITItalian cyclist
• Fausto Tozzib. 1921ITItalian actor and screenwriter (1921-1978)
• Fausto Cercignanib. 1941ITItalian scholar, essayist and poet
• Fausto Xavier Aguilerab. 1949ECSebastián Diaz father (sebayayo)
• Fausto Parib. 1962ITItalian footballer (born 1962)
• Fausto Brizzib. 1968ITItalian film director, screenwriter and producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 705 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Fausto?

We estimate roughly 52 thousand people bear Fausto (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Fausto have the most bearers?

Fausto is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled fausto.

Where is Fausto most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Fausto is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 572 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Fausto compared with other names?

In Argentina, Fausto is the 589th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Fausto a male or female name?

Fausto is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Fausto mean?

Recorded meaning: happy or fortunate