Fausta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- FOW-stuh
- Origin
- Latin
Fausta is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “fortunate”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Fausta mean?
Latin: feminine of Faustus
“fortunate”
The feminine form of Latin Faustus, meaning fortunate; Fausta was the wife of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
Is Fausta a girl's or a boy's name?
Fausta is a girls' name.
How popular is Fausta in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Fausta in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fausta in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
Names like Fausta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Hafsa Hiba Ayla Aiza Ayra Rahma Amira Khadija Summer Abeeha
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fausta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fausta, updated 20 October 2026.