Fotini
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- foh-TEE-nee
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Fotini is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “luminous, full of light”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Fotini mean?
Greek: modern Greek form of Photine, from phos 'light'
“luminous, full of light”
In Orthodox tradition, St Photini is the Samaritan woman whom Jesus met at the well.
Is Fotini a girl's or a boy's name?
Fotini is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Fotini in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Fotini, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1984, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Fotini in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fotini in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
Nicknames for Fotini
- Fofo
Names like Fotini
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Fotini: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fotini, updated 20 October 2026.