The baby name Fotina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced foh-TEE-nah (English) /foʊˈtiːnə/; Greek: fo-TI-nee /foˈtini/.
Fotina is Greek in Origin.
The baby name Fotina is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced foh-TEE-nah (English) /foʊˈtiːnə/; Greek: fo-TI-nee /foˈtini/.
Fotina is Greek in Origin.
Fotina is a Greek-rooted feminine name, ultimately from Photinē (Φωτεινή), the feminine form of phōteinos, “bright, luminous,” itself built on phōs, “light” - the same root seen in English photo-. The core meaning is “light,” “radiant,” or “bringing brightness.”
Its visibility in Christian naming owes much to Saint Photini (Photine), the Samaritan woman at the well, revered across Eastern Orthodoxy; her cult spread the name through the Byzantine world into the Balkans and Slavic lands. Forms and spellings include Photina and Photine (Latinized/French), Photini/Foteini/Fotini (Greek), Fotina/Fotinia and Fotinya (East Slavic), and Fotinia (Romanian), with common nicknames Tina and Foti. Fotina has been traditional yet modest in Russia and Ukraine, widely used in modern Greece, and rare in English-speaking countries, where the Latinized Photina/Photine sometimes appears. Related masculine names are Photios/Photius and its modern short form Fotis.
Fotina barely registers. Our whole dataset turns up only 13 recorded uses, across 9 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY | 0 | #60 | 1 | 1,632 | |
| AL | 0 | #76 | 1 | 2,372 | |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #225 | 3 | 4,141 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,072 | 1 | 24,821 |
Fotina is popular in 9 countries — most recent births per country:
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